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rain cloud

NOUN
storm cloud
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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

In the story, a rain cloud — not a mermaid — gives up her watery lifestyle to get closer to the human she loves, as explained by a narrator named Dolan.

From Seattle Times Jul. 14, 2023

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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