scudding

Example Sentences

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But in summer the view from the opposite side is equally spectacular: the approach of moisture-laden monsoon clouds, scudding across the sky.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2022

In the quiet of evening, after competition has ended, the venue echoes with a scudding sound of practice throws and the heavy thunk of takeouts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2022

Are the scudding clouds moving at the right speed?

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2019

The sky in “Gorsch the Cellist” is “turning faintly silver where black clouds were scudding across it toward the north.”

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2018

The clouds were scudding across the moon; the stars had disappeared and there was a lashing of rain.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr