How to Use overspread in a Sentence

overspread

verb
  • Warm, rather humid air is due to overspread the area by Tuesday.
    — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2017
  • Much cooler air will also begin to overspread the state during this time.
    — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Snow will likely overspread the state by lunchtime Sunday and the snowfall will be heavy.
    — David Owens, courant.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Rain will overspread the region overnight, but the precipitation will be on the light side.
    — courant.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Widespread rain will develop and overspread the area on Monday.
    — Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2020
  • In the upper atmosphere, even stronger winds will overspread as a disturbance in the jet stream passes to our north.
    — Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Showers will overspread the state midday and should become heavy at times during the afternoon and evening hours.
    — courant.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Freezing rain or plain rain (from the District to the south and east) will overspread the entire region over the next hour or two.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • There won’t be any sun as clouds dominate, and an area of rain will overspread the region, soaking anyone who plans to be outside.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Rain will likely arrive from the southwest on Tuesday night and overspread northeast.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 July 2024
  • As that storm approaches, rain will overspread the area, especially later this evening.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Widespread rain will overspread North Texas as colder air also arrives.
    — Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • High pressure will move to our east by Saturday, allowing milder air to overspread the region.
    — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Clouds will lower and thicken during the day before snow overspreads the region Monday night.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • This is when snow and ice will overspread the lower Ohio Valley and Appalachians.
    — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Moderate to heavy rain will continue to overspread North Texas through the morning hours.
    — Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • The fourth nor’easter in less than three weeks gets underway with light snow overspreading the region Wednesday morning.
    — Gary Lessor, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Snow will then overspread the region, including Greater Cincinnati.
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Showers will overspread the region Wednesday evening and a thunderstorm or two is possible.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 26 June 2018
  • Rain will overspread the regions late Sunday afternoon and continue overnight.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022
  • Snow will begin to wind down across the Cascades on Thursday, but will overspread portions of the northern Plains as the storm treks east.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The National Weather Service says once the storm moves out of the area, arctic air is forecast to overspread the state.
    — Mike Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Snow would overspread the region Sunday afternoon but the rain-snow line would quickly shift north and west to the city by early Sunday night.
    — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Plants and animals are all responding to the loss of light and the noticeable splash of color will continue to overspread the region in the next several weeks.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2021
  • In general, rainfall will overspread Greater Boston by sunrise Friday and become steady and heavy.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • In such a scenario, light rain or snow would overspread the area Sunday afternoon and continue, at times, into Monday morning.
    — Wes Junker and Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Forecasters at the National Weather Service said a chilly rain will overspread the region in the afternoon.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The upward motion would arrive from the west over the Gulf of Mexico first before overspreading the rest of the tropical Atlantic.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Rain will overspread the region Sunday night and continue into Monday morning before tapering off.
    — courant.com, 7 May 2021
  • But now, coasting through an enchanted landscape, under overspreading branches draped with Spanish moss, their reverie turned otherworldly.
    — Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2018

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