How to Use overcast in a Sentence

overcast

adjective

• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Amber: lets in a little more light than brown; great for overcast days and enhances contrast.
  — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024