How to Use overcast in a Sentence

overcast

1 of 2 adjective
  • It was an overcast morning.
  • They worked in overcast conditions.
  • The sky turned overcast and a raw wind came up.
    — Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Fall is a great time to do so, and it's best done on a cool, overcast day.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Already, the light felt brighter, even on an overcast day.
    — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026
  • But his face, on this overcast day on the picket line, was grim.
    — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
  • The weather was gray and overcast.
    — Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Choose an overcast morning or work on the shaded side of your home first.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The sky was moonless and overcast, leaving no stars to steer by.
    — Sam Keck Scott, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2022
  • The morning was overcast, and a light snow coated the ground.
    — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The gray, overcast sky threatened to rain, but no drops of water fell.
    — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The skies are gloomy and overcast, fitting for a trip among the tombstones.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
  • One ray of sunshine with the overcast forecast?
    — Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Skies are expected to be overcast at the time of the landing.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The midday sun has only just begun to peek through the overcast sky.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Clouds will likely hang around longer on Sunday as the day may end up overcast.
    — Greg Porter, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Dry, cool, and overcast days are ideal for pruning to reduce stress on the tree.
    — Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Plant on an overcast day and—during the first few days—shade young plants and protect them from strong winds.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 19 May 2026
  • Skies on Sunday will be mostly cloudy to overcast.
    — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • The sky above the shore was overcast, tending toward drizzle.
    — Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Go in the evening hours or on an overcast afternoon to ward off distracting screen glare.
    — Ava Graham, Dallas News, 21 May 2023
  • The weather was cool and overcast, and bursts of torrential rain made the streets slippery.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • An entire wall is lined with windows, and natural light floods the room even when skies are overcast.
    — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Smoke from a wildfire in New Jersey had turned the overcast sky a dirty brown.
    — Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • On an overcast day when air sticks to skin, people are dancing everywhere.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026
  • More footprints — faint as bruises in the overcast light — emerged on the sandstone slope at the edge of a reservoir.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • More footprints — faint as bruises in the overcast light — emerged on the sandstone slope at the edge of a reservoir.
    — Yutao Chen, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Sunday will welcome an overcast sky with a high around 75 and an overnight low of 48.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Even on a seemingly cool or overcast day, a car can quickly heat up, acting like a greenhouse.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Nematodes are sensitive to strong sunlight, so use them on overcast days or in the evening.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026

overcast

2 of 2 noun
  • Dawn came on chilly with a slight overcast and a light breeze.
    — Jeffrey A. Brunk, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Searches for breaks in the overcast seemed to find few rewards.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Sunday morning dawned with a high overcast.
    — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • Sea conditions are good and the weather overcast, but no rain today so far, so good news.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Cloud cover ranges from 70% to complete overcast.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Fog would be rolling in, the afternoon’s brilliant sky replaced by a chill gray overcast….
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The film is aggressively teal with a sallow greige (gray-beige) overcast.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Saturday’s overcast appeared milky and chalky rather than sullen and brooding.
    — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Late in the afternoon, openings in the overcast permitted its light to shine down.
    — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2021
  • At many moments, of course, colors held their peace, or at least seemed subdued, under the overcast, amid the rain showers.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
  • What counted was in part how the morning’s overcast threatened to leave us a bit downcast for the remainder of the day.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Cloud coverage ranges from 70% to complete overcast.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • This all occurred on a spring day in which the blue sky of morning gave way increasingly to the dim gray overcast of afternoon.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Marsalek noted that the hazy overcast looks much different in the atmosphere versus on the ground level.
    — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 19 July 2021
  • Saturday might have seemed perfectly cloudy, with an overcast that seemed impregnable.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 June 2022
  • Little promise seemed apparent as Friday began, rainy and wet, with hours of gray overcast.
    — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Rain fell on the first four days of the month, and sunshine was practically nonexistent as a heavy overcast dominated the skies.
    — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
  • Depending on when the images are taken, shades of green change throughout the day and with the island’s constant climate shifts, from sun to overcast to rain.
    — Danielle Bernabe, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Through the hours of daytime overcast, even if no rain could actually be felt, the breeze seemed to carry a sense of proximity to the low-hanging clouds.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The rain and overcast are likely to keep temperatures from rising much, with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • That’s what one worker was doing on an overcast and almost chilly late-spring morning — the cloud cover a welcome reprieve when working outside for hours at a time.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The pictures, that look like wallpaper photos, have shown palm trees with an Ombre pink background and metro cities with a distinctive overcast.
    — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
  • Deon predicted a cloudy overcast throughout the day, with the chance for heavy downpours, and even thunderstorms, likely in the late afternoon and evening.
    — Matt Bruce, ajc, 8 Jan. 2022
  • For most of Sunday, Washington existed under a blanket of overcast.
    — Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2021
  • None of the distracting political overcast stopped Hernandez from winning all three events the athlete competed in the first-round meet.
    — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • Of course, to see the overcast of Monday afternoon as symbolic of the coloration of April thus far might mean overlooking the details and the nuances.
    — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Clouds and overcast ruled our skies Saturday, but for a few moments, at least a thin spot overhead allowed a fuzzy view of the moon, which reached maximum fullness Friday.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Meanwhile, a low overcast was streaming northward across the Midwest, and thunderstorms had erupted across southern Illinois.
    — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • On an overcast yet comfortably warm early September day, firefighters near the head of the parade delighted the kids in the crowd by stopping to spray them with water from their truck’s hose.
    — Giles Bruce, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The couple, who had three daughters together, originally settled in Oceanside but were unhappy with the constant coastal overcast.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023

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