Overhead and Upon

Overhead

Overhead adverb - To or in a higher place.

Upon and overhead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upon" instead a preposition "Overhead".

Upon

Upon preposition - In or into contact with.
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Synonyms for Upon

Overhead and upon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overhead" instead a preposition "Upon".

Both words in one sentence

  • The game cuts to an overhead camera depicting each soldier as a white blob, as the player gleefully rains down death from above upon the helpless foes.
  • Anime / Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Shout-Out: In the final episode, upon seeing a swan flying overhead, Michel claims that he "hates seeing beautiful things".
  • Embedded in the jagged roof far overhead are myriad twisted formations composed of pure white alabaster, which scatter the murky light into sinister apparitions upon the walls.
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