storm cloud
Britishnoun
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a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm
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a herald of disturbance, anger, or violence
the storm clouds of war
Example Sentences
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The last of the storm clouds disappeared from the sky; the sun sank gold and low, and Nim and Alex were still lying on the beach talking.
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Those storm clouds may be parting, analysts say.
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Up top the beanstalk vanished into gray storm clouds.
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The storm clouds dissipated as fast as they’d gathered, and Jack knew the bad blood between brothers was all but forgotten.
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.
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