be overhead

Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words

to be located in the space directly above

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Examples (10)

  • The sun was directly overhead in the midday sky.
  • The pilot reported that another aircraft was overhead at ten thousand feet.
  • A heavy storm is overhead, so we should probably stay indoors.
  • We looked up and saw that the full moon was high overhead.
  • The bright fluorescent lights are overhead and can be quite harsh on the eyes.
  • I felt much safer knowing that a rescue helicopter was overhead.
  • Dark, ominous clouds were overhead for the entire duration of our journey.
  • The stars were overhead, twinkling brightly in the pitch-black night.
  • The massive stone bridge is overhead, providing some shade from the sun.
  • The sudden crack of thunder sounded like it was directly overhead.