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present participle and gerund of overshadow examples
plural overshadowings
A dominating shadow or malign influence. quotations examples
Such trials to a peaceful people, only enhance their love of peace; for the grief-stricken heart flees to retirement and tranquillity. At the overshadowings of such afflictions, I should never tremble for my country, much less should I despair […]
1831, Thomas Smith Grimké, Reflections on the Character and Objects of All Science and Literature