How to Use overcast in a Sentence

overcast

1 of 2 adjective
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  • It was an overcast morning.
  • They worked in overcast conditions.
  • Skies are overcast and there is a hailstorm on the way.
    — Andrew Carey, Olga Voitovych, and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The morning was overcast, and a light snow coated the ground.
    — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The sky was overcast, mercury read 53 degrees and the wind was about 10 mph out of the west.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2022
  • But his face, on this overcast day on the picket line, was grim.
    — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
  • The first half of the day on the first Saturday in May was mostly dry and overcast.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2022
  • The sky was moonless and overcast, leaving no stars to steer by.
    — Sam Keck Scott, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2022
  • The gray, overcast sky threatened to rain, but no drops of water fell.
    — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Look for weekend highs in the lower to mid-60s and for more overcast skies by Sunday.
    — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Nov. 2022
  • On the second-to-last day of the Safety Alliance week, a chilly, overcast Friday, a car pulled up.
    — Maria Cramer Amir Hamja, New York Times, 4 June 2023
  • The sky above the shore was overcast, tending toward drizzle.
    — Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Sunshine will be hard to come by as skies remain mostly overcast with a light breeze out of the south at 5 to 10 mph.
    — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The region saw cloudy conditions throughout last month, with overcast skies 87% of the month.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The seasons are changing — in case the chilly temperatures and overcast skies of the past week weren’t a stark enough reminder.
    — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Through Tonight: Skies will turn overcast by sunset (5:07 p.m.).
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The sky was overcast, the temperature was in the upper 60s and no one was allowed to sack the quarterback.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
  • In a sign of the speed of the storm, some squalls were quickly replaced by calmer conditions, with sun pushing through overcast skies.
    — Michael D. Regan, New York Times, 18 Nov. 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 team worked out in shorts and helmets for nearly two hours at the Jaguar Training Center on a rainy, overcast day in Mobile.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The sky was overcast, the valley full of mist, as technicians and villagers set about preparing the craft for launch.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Cooler overcast mornings were both pleasant on the body and ideal for catching a kayak-load of bluegills.
    — Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2023
  • 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
  • Even with some dark overcast skies, the CarCam held up with slightly dimmer but still usable videos and stills.
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Skies will remain overcast and winds will really start to pick up out of the northwest, with gusts in excess of 25 mph.
    — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Rays of sunshine broke through the overcast sky moments after the victim was lifted to safety with the help of a massive crane.
    — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • No soldiers fainted, as the skies were overcast and temperatures in the high 70s.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • Despite the cool weather and overcast skies, Bathhouse Row is crowded with tourists.
    — Sonny Rhodes, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Unlike the moody overcast skies of Friday, a bit more sun is expected to creep through the clouds Saturday.
    — Caroline Silva, ajc, 26 Nov. 2022
  • In front of him, tens of thousands of worshipers filled the Vatican’s main square under a mostly overcast sky.
    — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
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overcast

2 of 2 noun
  • 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
  • Late in the afternoon, openings in the overcast permitted its light to shine down.
    — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Fog would be rolling in, the afternoon’s brilliant sky replaced by a chill gray overcast….
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Sea conditions are good and the weather overcast, but no rain today so far, so good news.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Early rain ended about 1 p.m., leaving puddles in the streets, mud in the parks, temperatures in the 40s and a steadfast overcast in the skies.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Marsalek noted that the hazy overcast looks much different in the atmosphere versus on the ground level.
    — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 19 July 2021
  • 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
  • The Star of India slipped from her station at the foot of Broadway into the early morning overcast on her first sailing voyage in 53 years.
    — sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 July 2018
  • Saturday’s hours of sullen and winterlike overcast seemed suited to a day just 30 days from the winter solstice on Dec. 21.
    — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Saturday’s overcast appeared milky and chalky rather than sullen and brooding.
    — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Little promise seemed apparent as Friday began, rainy and wet, with hours of gray overcast.
    — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Driving on a still wet highway with heavy overcast before the sun was fully up, the ACC worked well and maintained a consistent gap to the vehicle ahead with smooth speed adjustments.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, a low overcast was streaming northward across the Midwest, and thunderstorms had erupted across southern Illinois.
    — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • But, by the quantitative record kept by the National Weather Service, thus far this month, Saturday was our day of maximum overcast.
    — Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Saturday might have seemed perfectly cloudy, with an overcast that seemed impregnable.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 June 2022
  • For most of Sunday, Washington existed under a blanket of overcast.
    — Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Even on a relatively tolerable 55 degree day, the hours of overcast seemed to suggest gloom amid Washington’s granite.
    — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • October has its festivals, so perhaps Friday in Washington was a kind of solar fest, balmy and bountiful day of steady sunshine and vivid color that contrasted with recent days of gray overcast, and chill rain.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2022
  • In the morning, according to witnesses and photographic evidence, the sun rising over Washington converted the cloudy overcast into a brilliant tapestry of flaming reds and rich purples.
    — Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021
  • At O’Hare International Airport temperatures registered at 39 degrees with an overcast.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 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
  • Late in the afternoon, openings in the overcast permitted its light to shine down.
    — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Fog would be rolling in, the afternoon’s brilliant sky replaced by a chill gray overcast….
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Sea conditions are good and the weather overcast, but no rain today so far, so good news.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020

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