storm clouds

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

When storm clouds are forming, bold investors can use put-option spreads to profit off the expected stock market decline.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

They are of the same era—fanciful and fantastical embodiments of the enterprise, leisure and sense of possibility America was placing on offer, despite the decade of Depression and war’s looming storm clouds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 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

I didn't know whether to be offended at his presumptions or relieved the storm clouds seemed to be parting, revealing blue skies and sunlight.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed