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Definition of "overshadowing" []

  • Present participle of overshadow. (verb)

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Use "overshadowing" in a sentence
  • "You should also learn that what they did is known as overshadowing just for starters."
  • "WHITFIELD: Hey, Lisa, I'm just going to interrupt you for a minute because the crowd is kind of overshadowing your words, so I'm going to ask you to speak a little but louder, we're going to give it one more shot to see if we can hear you a little bit more clearly."
  • "So, necessarily, what Obama has to say and what John McCain has to say are both kind of overshadowing what the president has to say."