How to Use overshadow in a Sentence

overshadow

verb
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  • The pitcher's outstanding performance should not overshadow the achievements of the rest of the team.
  • The news has been overshadowed by the rest of the details of this.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Doesn’t try to overshadow them, just stays within the game.
    — Tom Lang, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2023
  • The three days of the 2023 draft, however, were overshadowed by the goings-on of the big league club and its players.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
  • But most of the time it is overshadowed by the behemoth that is soccer.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • UConn won 76-59, but it was all overshadowed by the afterglow of the women.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 6 Apr. 2023
  • And already it has been overshadowed by his first hat trick.
    — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Year by year and find by find, Megalosaurus was overshadowed.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But on the ground in Gaza, the pause has been overshadowed by the apparently inevitable return to war.
    — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Dublin restaurants have long been overshadowed by the city's thriving nightlife scene.
    — Aoife O'Riordain, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Shades of Charles’ late ex-wife, Diana, whose glamour and drama overshadowed Charles the prince.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • Will the trials overshadow the 2024 race or shape its outcome?
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2023
  • That was six more than the 17 scored by Lance Jones, the Southern Illinois transfer who also gets overshadowed by the two stars on this team.
    — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2024
  • If there is anything else that happened at that same time, then sometimes the big event is overshadowed.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The color alone is a statement that won’t overshadow any stylish outfit.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 3 Apr. 2024
  • On a trip to Indonesia for the Group of 20 Summit, his last day in Bali was overshadowed by a missile crisis.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • In a broad field overshadowed by a runaway front-runner, too many choices can mean too few.
    — Rick Klein, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
  • It’s often overshadowed by flashier cities to the south: New Orleans and the state capital, Baton Rouge.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
  • And not to be overshadowed by all the outdoorsy diversions, art and culture abound in this upscale beach town.
    — Kara Franker, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The artistic side didn’t overshadow the message, nor did the message overshadow the art.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
  • But the tennis pro was nearly overshadowed by his girlfriend, Paige Lorenze, who was there to cheer him on.
    — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The crossover has been overshadowed by the flood of more stylish and better-performing EVs that have flooded the market in the years since its release.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But the trip was perhaps overshadowed by what happened after the meetings.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Truth be told, rose is in many fragrances as a subtle heart note, one that allows itself to be overshadowed by the top and base notes throughout the scent’s bloom.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Despite the pageantry and spectacle of the race, though, this year's Kentucky Derby was overshadowed by the deaths of numerous horses at the race's track, Churchill Downs.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 7 May 2023
  • Ian, overshadowed by his brother, seemed a textbook case.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Valieva, a teenage star whose case overshadowed the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, was last week banned for four years.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Quick hits Mage's magical Kentucky Derby win was overshadowed by the specter of animal death in the sport.
    — USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
  • The club has floundered in recent years and been overshadowed by its crosstown rival, Manchester City.
    — David Hellier, Fortune, 1 May 2023
  • Just how much the trials would overshadow the primaries is also unclear.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023

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