rain cloud
Example Sentences
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In many productions, Hamlet stalks the stage in a fog of misery, as if trailing a rain cloud above his head like a balloon on a string.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
“Imagine a rain cloud, but instead of water droplets coming down, it's like molten rock droplets raining out of the sky,” says Prof Drabon.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024
To combat the mental rain cloud, local health professionals provide tips to keep your brain happy while living through the “Big Dark.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2022
His depressive narcissism is central to the story, and it might have felt the honest thing to make him such a determined little rain cloud, and the actor does not hold back.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2021
It was a torrent of sand, looking like a rain cloud, that came in from the northwest and turned the place so dark in the afternoon light that the street lamps suddenly started glowing.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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