cirrus
Example Sentences
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Those harmless-looking vapor trails sometimes spread out to form thin cirrus clouds.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023
The remaining, thinner cirrus clouds would allow more long-wave radiation emanating from Earth to escape to space.
From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2023
Aside from those brief glimpses through the storm, the cirrus clouds resembled a flat blanket beneath the deep blue sky.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023
Meyers’s lines grew icy and severe, distant and distinct, a contrail mingling with the cirrus clouds.
From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022
It was still clear, but a thin, wispy scum of cirrus had spread across the upper atmosphere, and a dark line of squalls was visible just above the southwestern horizon.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing cirrus
Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Middle School
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Earth Science - Middle School
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