cloud over
Example Sentences
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As my mind began to cloud over, I saw a large shape approach through the gloom and come closer, as if seeking me out.
From Literature
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Inevitably, this season being what it is, there was a cloud over the celebrations, with summer signing Jeremie Frimpong once more struck down by a muscle injury, meaning he lasted less than two minutes.
From BBC
Just like the day before, the door to the smaller lab clouded over, obscuring everything else from view.
From Literature
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The battle to acquire the fabled Hollywood studio has cast another cloud over an industry still recovering from the dual shocks of the pandemic and the writers and actors union strikes three years later.
“Consumer spending held up a bit better in 2025 than you might have thought it would given all these clouds over the economy,” he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.