storm cloud

Example Sentences

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He leaves the others stunned and David mortified until the storm cloud passes and he’s his jaunty, loquacious self again.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024

And Marjorie Taylor Greene just earned herself a storm cloud over her house.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2024

Like tornadoes, waterspouts develop when differing wind directions cause the air in part of a storm cloud to rotate, forming a column of rapidly spinning air that descends down to the surface of the ocean.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

It can’t create water from a clear sky — particles must be shot into a storm cloud that already holds moisture to get it to fall, or to fall more than it otherwise would naturally.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

There was not a sail on the horizon, or a storm cloud in the sky; just a fair wind abaft the beam and the Astrea reaching for the Cape.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham