overspreading

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• Under the widely accepted 19th century doctrine expressed by a newspaper editor in 1845, many Americans believed it was “by right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent.”

• By this evening, steady rain is expected to overspread the entire region.

• These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

• He told her on what errand he had been, and alarm overspread her face upon hearing its result.

• It was the first time she had admitted it, and a glow overspread her face, blotching it with red spots.

• The captain closed one eye, and a leer of subtle cunning overspread his face.

• She saw him look at her, and a quick flush overspread her thin, pale cheeks as she detected his look.

• Aratov observed also the expression of weariness which now overspread all her stern features.