Definition of Overshadowing

1. Verb. (present participle of overshadow) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overshadowing

1. overshadow [v] - See also: overshadow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overshadowing

oversews
overshade
overshaded
overshades
overshading
overshadow
overshadowed
overshadower
overshadowers
overshadowing
overshadows
overshadowy
overshake
overshaken
overshakes
overshaking
overshape
overshare
overshared
overshares
oversharing
oversharp
oversheet
oversheets

Literary usage of Overshadowing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Railroad Rate Regulation: With Special Reference to American by Joseph Henry Beale, Bruce Wyman (1906)
"Overshadowing importance of the problem of rate regulation. All people who como in touch with the problem of rate regulation by any method of approach are ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1901)
"The yachting event of 1899 overshadowing all others in popular interest was the series of races for the America's cup, sailed off New York harbor, ..."

3. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"By that time, the railroad question had assumed very great and, as was thought by many, overshadowing proportions. The Central Pacific managers, ..."

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