Verb
To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
Fig.: To cover with a superior influence.
Source: Webster's dictionarythe tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness Source: Internet
This year's debt dwarfs that of last year Source: Internet
The tall tree overshadowed the house Source: Internet
Although Marshall took economics to a more mathematically rigorous level, he did not want mathematics to overshadow economics and thus make economics irrelevant to the layman. Source: Internet
Aksoy said that he expected Belgium to act with reason and to stay away from taking steps that will overshadow bilateral relations. Source: Internet
As a dynamic Vice President, Hoover would be too visibly the heir-apparent for 1928; certainly he would overshadow the Chief Executive in an embarrassing way. Source: Internet