adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cloudy/dull/overcast (= with clouds )
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Cloudy skies were forecast.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sky
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It was as dull as the overcast sky .
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The air struck dank and chill, and the overcast sky pre-empted the onset of dusk.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an overcast sky
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The afternoon will be overcast with cooler temperatures.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A heat lamp has been installed and the Meerkats use it, especially on dull overcast days.
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Corbett trudged down the beaten, muddy track; the sky was overcast and a light rain began to fall.
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Even when they do meet, on flat overcast weekday afternoons at her house, it's often hopeless.
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It was a dark overcast day; the people milling around all looked grey.
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It was as dull as the overcast sky.
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No more snow had fallen, the sky was still overcast but the air was crisp and a little warmer.
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The pale sun of early morning was being obliterated and would soon be entirely overcast .
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The watchers from Berwick's walls presently could see them no more, in an overcast early summer night.