Word: overcasts
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...painting every lead, stone, or cloud from observation. But it is also evident that many of his paintings sprang from his imagination or memory. The intensity of his colors and the drama of his lighting bring romance to his works. A single ray of sunshine creeps through overcast skies and highlights and heroicizes one aspect of the landscape. The wooded scenes are romantic to the extreme of fantasy, and could be the setting of tales like Rip van Winkle or The Hobbit...
...overcast weather put a damper on the day for some people, but most remained unperturbed. Couples huddled together under blankets, while others fought the cold with beer...
Ford and others from the southern regions of Ohio and parts of Michigan differed from the folks from Toledo who took their seats on the warm, overcast, July evening. While most in the park came to see local favorite Ron Washington play the infield or Muddy the mascot play the crowd, Ford and others admitted they knew nothing about the Mud Hens or the world of International League ball. But they knew they would see a pro baseball game...
Rising high above the main building and disappearing into the overcast sky, the steeple of the school chapel kept silent watch as we parked the car in a small gravel lot protected by the leafless branches of several huge oak trees. The buildings were not large, but they were strong and old and they demanded respect. Stocky chimneys protruded at irregular intervals from the green-blue roofs, and the hard, wood doors were dark and wet from the rain...
Into a clear blue hole in a partly overcast Florida sky the spacecraft rose, seemingly carried aloft by an ever lengthening orange-and-white column of fire and smoke. As it arched higher and higher, Astronaut Bob Crippen, 43, making his first flight into space, shouted exuberantly: "Man, what a feeling! What a view!" "Glad you're enjoying it," replied Mission Control in Houston...