How to use "overhead" in a sentence
Sentences
Directly overhead, the ceiling of the immense porte cochere was lined with hundreds of lights; none of the bulbs were burning now, but after nightfall, they would rain dazzling, golden luminosity upon the glossy cobblestones below
Minute by minute the cloud of cigarette smoke overhead thickened
A bird swooped through the darkness overhead
Even if someone had been monitoring that area from an overhead camera, there would not have been much for him to see.
Elliot flicked on the overhead light and studied the map, then handed it to Tina
He snapped off the overhead light and reached for the gearshift.
The radio switched off, and so did the overhead light.
She looked around, waiting for some sign from her child, and she and Elliot twitched in surprise when the overhead fluorescent tube winked off, then came on again
The smoke (or flame, perhaps, would be a better word for it) was so bright that the deep blue sky overhead seemed to darken as these clouds rose
Just after this came the first lightning of the storm, and the thunder burst like a gun overhead
At the sound of birds overhead I looked up at the enormous fighting-machine that would never fight again, at the pieces of red flesh that dropped down onto the overturned seats on the top of Primrose Hill.