The pitcher's outstanding performance should not overshadow the achievements of the rest of the team.
large trees overshadow the yard and darken the house for much of the day
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Actors like Eric Bogosian and Jason Schwartzman waltz in and schmooze it up as vampires living their best afterlives, completely overshadowing Denton, who’s stuck in noob-human mode and doesn’t progress much past that.—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025 The arrests have overshadowed the opening week around the league.—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025 The heist was largely overshadowed by the brazen theft of $102 million worth of jewelry from the Louvre hours earlier.—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 Long overshadowed by Miami, Fort Lauderdale has quietly transformed into one of Florida’s most dynamic food cities.—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overshadow
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of overshadow was
before the 12th century
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