How to Use overshadow in a Sentence

overshadow

verb
  • The pitcher's outstanding performance should not overshadow the achievements of the rest of the team.
  • The news has been overshadowed by the rest of the details of this.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Just make sure to plant the beans where they won’t be overshadowed as the corn grows taller.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2026
  • For so many years, his death overshadowed the music.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
  • That shouldn't overshadow the comeback and grit shown in a game with so much on line.
    — Erick Smith, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the 305 was overshadowed in its own state.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But a sense of unease overshadows it.
    — Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But more drops for AI stocks helped to overshadow them.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • But more drops for AI stocks helped to overshadow them.
    — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • But changes in the near future could overshadow those of the recent past.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
  • All of that has largely been overshadowed by Iraq.
    — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The news overshadowed first-quarter beats on the top and bottom lines.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Year by year and find by find, Megalosaurus was overshadowed.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But those messages were overshadowed by the flap over his language.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The news overshadowed first-quarter beats on the top and bottom lines.
    — Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But the business case should not overshadow the human one.
    — John F. McQuillan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Cullman, a larger city up the road, has long overshadowed it.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • His story has been overshadowed by the Girl’s.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Klobuchar’s fifth place, after being overshadowed for so long, earned her a fresh look.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Dublin restaurants have long been overshadowed by the city's thriving nightlife scene.
    — Aoife O'Riordain, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The arrests have overshadowed the opening week around the league.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • But most of the time it is overshadowed by the behemoth that is soccer.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Wes also chose a simple veil to highlight the train but not overshadow it.
    — Vogue, 26 Nov. 2018
  • This team has too many players worthy of touches for one to overshadow the rest.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Dykstra’s run-ins with the law overshadowed those efforts, though.
    — Zach Powell, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • For a long time, the song was overshadowed by its more popular sisters.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Do not overshadow the taste of the egg with too many ingredients.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 19 Nov. 2020
  • He was not overshadowed by Muniz, who was starting his third game in a row.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In a broad field overshadowed by a runaway front-runner, too many choices can mean too few.
    — Rick Klein, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
  • And once the dust clears, the mystery is overshadowed by all the broken people left in its wake.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

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