storm cloud

noun

: a dark cloud which shows that a storm is coming
sometimes used figuratively
Economic storm clouds loom on the horizon.

Examples of storm cloud in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Her unsolved homicide has been like a hovering storm cloud over the city for years. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2024 Unanswered questions about the infamous cold case have hung over the community like a dark storm cloud for 39 years, and unfortunately this isn't the first time a woman out of the blue has claimed to be Cherrie. Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 6 June 2024 Lightning is basically a huge, static electric shock inside a storm cloud. USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024 Fitting, then, that Saba arrives under his own storm cloud. Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024 If anything, that is a megaphone amplifying the rim-chipping issues that loom over this team like a coastal storm cloud. Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024 There’s that moment at the [sports] stadium where Gale turns into a storm cloud with lightening and darkening. Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023 The unseasonably cold and rainy weather in Cannes this year didn’t put a damper on business, but the writers strike loomed like a storm cloud, threatening a deluge. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2023 The storm cloud holds millions of tiny water droplets and ice crystals that bounce into each other by the turbulent winds inside the cloud. USA TODAY, 9 June 2023

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“Storm cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storm%20cloud. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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