Overshadowed

Examples

• A great square house, with a heavy portico darkening the principal windows, as its master's heavy brows overshadowed his eyes. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It was overshadowed by a dome so mighty that its own height was snubbed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• His chin dropped upon his hand, and his white hair overshadowed his face: Have you spoken to Lucie? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The period of which I write was an overshadowed one in British history, and especially in the history of the northern provinces. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• For a time this new acquirement seems to have overshadowed their earlier achievement of drawing, and possibly it checked the use of gesture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Oh, well, no wonder mine were overshadowed by Beaufort's, said Archer irritably. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• A landing-place overshadowed by a willow, and a pleasure-boat lying moored there among some stakes, caught his eye as he passed along. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My tears flow; my mind is overshadowed by a cloud of disappointment. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In the dark hours which followed, that awful fact overshadowed even her father's slow and difficult dying. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

Checker: Ophelia