skies

Example Sentences

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As skies clear and showers ease on Thursday night, temperatures will drop with some areas falling below freezing, especially in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

To add to the drama, a warm Madrid afternoon suddenly turned to blackened skies and a deluge to set a spectacular stage for this meeting of European heavyweights.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Basic weather control is possible today: China has long been using cloud seeding to create blue skies over Beijing for important events, by making impending rain fall before it reaches the city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Still, hundreds of families sat out under mild, cloudy skies, picnicking amid sweeping views of the snow-capped Alborz mountains -- a postcard scene at odds with a city under regular attack.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

When school was over, the skies had cleared and the walks were dry.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord