clouds


Particles of water or ice suspended in the air. (See cirrus clouds, cumulus clouds, nimbus clouds, and stratus clouds.)

Words Nearby clouds

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How to use clouds in a sentence

  • The tops of the hills were laden with thunder-clouds, and the turbid atmosphere laboured with the stifling Sirocco.

  • He that adoreth God with joy, shall be accepted, and his prayer shall approach even to the clouds.

  • We stumbled along, close up, for the thick-piled clouds still hung their light-obscuring banners over the sky.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Long after the boats had disappeared, the kites could still be seen among the gorgeous clouds.

    The Giant of the North | R.M. Ballantyne
  • About midnight the combination of sultry heat and banked clouds produced the usual results.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair