break in the clouds
Example Sentences
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After a week of stormy weather across California, a break in the clouds provided a glimpse of a mountainous landscape transformed by snow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
By spotting the beach through a brief break in the clouds, he was able to get an unpowered airplane on the ground with all seven people on the flight surviving.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2025
But its tense precarity is largely the result of its tendency to turn suddenly gorgeous, as though a break in the clouds had allowed a glimpse of a different landscape.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2022
Cook, its huge white peak suddenly emerged from a break in the clouds, rising starkly from the flat land.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 15, 2020
If a comet or an asteroid dropped into the atmosphere of Jupiter, we would not expect a visible crater, only a momentary break in the clouds.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
