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overshadowing

«Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.»
«Everything we call a trial, a sorrow or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there, the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing presence. Our joys, too, be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts.»
«Although we are satisfied with our performance in personal systems, imaging and printing, software, and services, these solid results were overshadowed by unacceptable execution in enterprise servers and storage. We therefore are making immediate management changes. We are also accelerating our margin improvement plans in this business.»
«The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer.»
«While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.»
«And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.»
«Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? / And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.»
«While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.»
«And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) / Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.»
«Truth triumphs ultimately. It may be overshadowed by falsehood for sometime but ultimately it wins. »