storm cloud

Example Sentences

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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

A storm cloud, one Mario could essentially swim through, stood before our hero in his trademark red suspenders.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

And even though he acted like he didn’t care anymore, for me those words still hovered in the air between us like a storm cloud.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor