Overspread

A period of reform had now begun, and after 1909 a wave of "progressivism" overspread the country.

those nations of the North which overspread the world

Lady Bellaston fixed her eyes on Sophia whilst she spoke these words. To which that poor young lady, having her face overspread with blushes and confusion, answered, in a stammering voice […]

So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away.

Deliberately, and with a peculiar quivering smile, that seemed to overspread her whole body, she put her mouth on his.