storm clouds
Example Sentences
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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
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
Every episode begins with a snippet from, of all things, “Help!” as as if warning of storm clouds ahead, and not “All You Need Is Love” or “With a Little Help from My Friends.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
The storm clouds darkened and roiled like a seething cauldron of snakes.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
