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Overcast is an English word with synonyms like cloudiness or stitch. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Overcast in a sentence

Overcast meaning

  1. A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
  2. An outcast.
  3. A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.

Synonyms of Overcast

cloudiness stitch cast casting overcasting semidarkness inclementness inclemency bad weather cloud cover cloudy sunless clouded cloud-covered cloud

Related words

Other words often associated with Overcast or its synonyms:

weather gathering selection gloominess turbid harshness dark mould formed fishing unreality muddiness

Overcast vertaling naar Nederlands

bewolkt

Using Overcast

  • The main meaning on this page is: A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon. | An outcast. | A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.
  • Useful related words include: cloudiness, stitch, cast, casting.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: bewolkt.
  • In the example corpus, overcast often appears in combinations such as: overcast skies, an overcast, and overcast.

Context around Overcast

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

gray 1× thick 1× sometimes 1× gloomy 1× pleasantly 1×

Often after:

skies 8× day 2× conditions 2× weather 1× evening 1× 1950s 1× sky 1× friday 1×

Sentence patterns with Overcast

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a thick overcast evening skies 1× an overcast day at 1× be an overcast day across 1× be pleasantly overcast the reality 1× between the overcast weather and 1× cloudy sometimes overcast but primarily 1× day with overcast skies and 1× evening with overcast skies overnight 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a chilly southerly 1× a few showers 1× a windy and 1× after a warm 1× an overcast day 1× between the overcast 1×

Common sentence endings:

across middle georgia 1× afternoon in hilo 1× and overcast skies 1× friday may 24 1× glimpsed in flashbacks 1× gloomy overcast sky 1×

Words around Overcast

Just before it in the word index:

overcash 3 overcapitalized 2 overcapacity 22 overcame 376 overcalling 2 overbye 2

Just after it in the word index:

overcautious 5 overcelebrate 2 overcharge 14 overcharged 36 overcharges 4 overcharging 46

Similar in corpus frequency:

aol 154 arran 154 autoimmune 154 carefree 154 cashless 154 confesses 154

Corpus analysis for Overcast

  • In this selection, "overcast" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, gray, thick, sometimes, skies, day and conditions stand out and add context to how "overcast" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a thick overcast evening skies and an overcast day at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overcast" sits close to words such as aol, arran and autoimmune, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overcast

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Overcast skies for the remainder of the day. (8 words)

A few showers this evening with overcast skies overnight. (9 words)

It will largely be an overcast day across Middle Georgia. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Torres said isolated rain and thunderstorms are likely in the western part of Northern and Central Luzon due to southwesterly surface wind flow, while Batanes and Babuyan Islands are expected to have overcast skies with rains due to the frontal system. (41 words)

Next week there’s a chance of showers on Monday, with a high of 2 C followed by overcast skies on Tuesday and then a mix of sun and cloud on Wednesday and Thursday. (34 words)

Between the overcast weather and the muted colors of a polluted landscape, the highway linking Port Harcourt to Yenagoa makes for a bleak drive on the days my colleague and I traverse it. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

A chilly southerly breeze blew in a thick voggy blanket under gray overcast skies late Wednesday afternoon in Hilo.

An overcast day at the West Virginia Wildlife Center in Upshur County offered no shadows to West Virginia's official groundhog.

Between the overcast weather and the muted colors of a polluted landscape, the highway linking Port Harcourt to Yenagoa makes for a bleak drive on the days my colleague and I traverse it.

Colorado Springs is forecast for overcast conditions and mild temperatures Thursday, with chances of rain and snow looking ahead into the weekend.

Gray-orange light struggled to glow through a thick overcast evening skies in Edgartown as.

It is expected to be partially cloudy, sometimes overcast, but primarily rainless in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula on December 4, Report informs, citing the National Hydrometeorological Service of Azerbaijan.

It will largely be an overcast day across Middle Georgia.

Lenny Henry’s Windrush drama continues with sisters Leah and Chantrelle still adjusting to life in overcast 1950s Dudley (sunny Jamaica is glimpsed in flashbacks).

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Next week there’s a chance of showers on Monday, with a high of 2 C followed by overcast skies on Tuesday and then a mix of sun and cloud on Wednesday and Thursday.

Once we get into into Dhalmekia it’s still uh, still overcast.

Overcast skies and rain can be expected in these regions.

Overcast skies for the remainder of the day.

The loud bangs echoed off the CBD buildings and brightened the gloomy overcast sky.

The MET Office outlook for Monday, June 5 in Nottingham is for "overcast" conditions at first, with low cloud slowly burning back to the coasts through the morning.

The weather forecast said it would be pleasantly overcast; the reality was that Musselburgh felt hotter than Marrakech.

Torres said isolated rain and thunderstorms are likely in the western part of Northern and Central Luzon due to southwesterly surface wind flow, while Batanes and Babuyan Islands are expected to have overcast skies with rains due to the frontal system.

According to the IMD, the city is expected to experience moderate rain on Thursday, accompanied by thunderstorms and overcast skies.

A few showers this evening with overcast skies overnight.

After a warm period earlier in May, the next couple of days will be wet with highs of just 14°C, before rising to around 16°C on an overcast Friday, May 24.

A windy and damp day with overcast skies and occasional heavier rain, mostly in the morning.

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Common combinations with overcast

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overcast" in a sentence?
An example: "A chilly southerly breeze blew in a thick voggy blanket under gray overcast skies late Wednesday afternoon in Hilo." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "overcast" from authentic English texts.
What does "overcast" mean?
Overcast means: A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
What are synonyms of "overcast"?
Common synonyms of "overcast" include: cloudiness, stitch, cast, casting, overcasting, semidarkness, inclementness, inclemency. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "overcast" in Dutch?
"overcast" translates to Dutch as: bewolkt.
How many example sentences with "overcast" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "overcast", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.