(a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.
Example Sentences:
(1) Albuquerque is awash with speculation over how the show will climax today.
(2) Needless to say, the place is now awash in self-flagellation.
(3) Hidden City writer Karl Whitney on Dublin Read more And now for a pint of the black stuff Ireland’s capital is awash with history but no visit would be complete without a sample of the black stuff.
(4) "It was a one-way shooting massacre," said Wuerkaixi, who left the square on the last ambulance to arrive in hospital awash with blood: "Darker, fresher, lighter, red.
(5) Nokia's downfall came about because its Symbian smartphone software was awash with redundancy and complexity.
(6) The BBC is awash with nipples after the watershed, so is the stage, the cinema and the art gallery.
(7) "America is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms.
(8) Like its predecessors (The Tudors, Spartacus, Camelot etc) the 10-part potboiler is awash with wrecking ball exposition, window-rattling anachronisms and scenes in which heritage hardbodies have shouting backwards sex next to stupefied livestock.
(9) Speaking in London, Ban Ki-moon said: “Yemen is in flames and coalition airstrikes in particular continue to strike schools, hospitals, mosques and civilian infrastructure.” He claimed that Yemen “was awash with weapons”, adding: “We need states that are party to [the] arms trade treaty to set an example in fulfilling one of the treaty’s main purposes – controlling arms flows to actors that may use them in ways that breach international humanitarian law”.
(10) It sounds trite now, but I was born in '58, so when I was seven or eight the city [of Liverpool] was awash with music.
(11) As the judge directed his focus on UK newspaper websites, less regulated parts of the digital world, notably Twitter and Facebook, were awash with discussion about Harwood's character and his possible guilt.
(12) He said: After that tumultuous session in Asia, London equity dealers have unsurprisingly been left staring at screens awash with red as markets open.
(13) The internet has been awash with rumours, the inane chirping of the Twitter ranks rising slowly to a roar.
(14) Moreover, the world is awash in liquidity right now, and even where a government’s own money is inadequate, it is often possible to establish public-private partnerships to build genuinely high-return projects.
(15) Twitter was awash with angry comments, including one from chef-turned school meals campaigner Jamie Oliver, who urged the nine-year-old to "stay strong" .
(16) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was awash with the turquoises of the sea and the red bobble hats of the eccentric crew.
(17) Modern life is awash with tips on how to live well, exhorting us to practice gratitude, discover meaning and ponder our legacy.
(18) In a system already awash with campaign donations and money from lobbyists, such a level of financial backing has some worried.
(19) In the meantime, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are awash with people forwarding the information, sharing links to foreign websites, expressing opinions – and utterly ignoring those who are making pathetic attempts to turn back the clock to a time before WikiLeaks, and before bloggers who don't give two hoots about the censor."
(20) Nichols, too, recalls that this Easter – just a fortnight after Pope Francis was elected – Westminster Cathedral found itself awash with penitents.
Overspread
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Overspread
(v. t.) To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth.
(v. i.) To be spread or scattered over.
Example Sentences:
(1) An analysis of the most common therapy used for treating patients demonstrated a prevalence of anti-histamine, DSCG and chetotifen whereas cortisone treatment and hospitalization were less overspread.
(2) Watching Trump’s victories mount up as I write, I comfort myself with the fact that all that red overspreading the map means only that he has won pluralities among the minority of voters who take part in primaries.
(3) However, the leukemic cells grow diffusely and soon overspread the entire filter membrane, often growing several layers thick.
(4) Air-dried oocytes were assessed for readability and for whether they contained overspread or overlapping chromosomes.