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

One of Caruana Galizia's three sons, Paul, who publicly campaigned for justice on her behalf, said the sentencing was "a break in the clouds".

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2022

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

Through a break in the clouds of Titan, you might glimpse Saturn and its rings, their pale yellow color diffused by the intervening atmosphere.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan