storm clouds

Example Sentences

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The storm clouds are gathering over onetime digital-media darling BuzzFeed.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

The storm clouds dissipated as fast as they’d gathered, and Jack knew the bad blood between brothers was all but forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Both brought up hard-fought half-centuries and with storm clouds looming, kept the scoreboard ticking over at a fast clip.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

These fat-pocketed bigwigs must roam the Hollywood Hills peering up at the sky covered in storm clouds, hoping that they’ll catch the fateful electric spark in their glass vials.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

“Something dreadful. These messages are connected to it, but they are only the beginning. What’s coming is worse, far worse—a looming darkness, like storm clouds sweeping in to cover the sky.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart