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Recent Examples of cloudy The evening will have patchy fog under partly cloudy skies. Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025 From that standpoint, Trout’s Cooperstown resumé is cloudier. Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025 The ball carried through a cloudy sky and crashed into the glove of a celebrating fan, a grand slam that effectively ended a magical Tigers run. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025 Expect mostly cloudy skies, multiple showers, and even a thunderstorm. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cloudy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloudy
Adjective
  • Boultier expresses similar views and suggests steering clear of muddy pastels like dusty lilac or pale mint green.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Similar heavy rains produced similar muddy results in 2014 and 2015.
    Dan Kelly October 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lemon Chiffon and Sundew, Classic Yellow and Armagnac—all evoke dusty landscapes and hazy sunlight.
    Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Frosted glass has an opaque, hazy finish that provides privacy while still allowing in light.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Amelia Gray Hamlin Amelia Gray Hamlin partnered her black lace get-up with a sinister makeup look involving misty gray shadow.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The low-hanging clouds reached their misty tendrils toward us, dousing us in a cool bath of rain.
    Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Smithsonian Institution, which includes all the Smithsonian museums, plans to go dark after Saturday if the government shutdown continues beyond then, according to its website.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Polselli brings a painterly gaze to scenes of quiet dread, such as a figure gradually appearing out of thick brush as two women make their way home through dark woods.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike regions such as southeast Florida or southern California, New York’s nearshore waters are frequently turbid and moderately rough, limiting the visibility of sharks from the air.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Why does Mitch find the view beautiful, though the water is turbid and he is enveloped in the scent of incense and candles?
    Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • My feelings about Euphoria are fairly clouded now by all the drama surrounding the production.
    James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
  • Post-pandemic immigration surges, followed by stricter enforcement, distorted many traditional labor-market signals and clouded real-time interpretation of headline statistics.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Miami office of the National Weather Service called for a rainy weekend ahead in Florida, and the coast is still facing a high rip current risk from the swells left behind by Hurricane Imelda.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Gators were one of the last SEC schools with an indoor practice facility … despite sitting in a state with rainy Augusts/Septembers and playing in a stadium nicknamed The Swamp.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • While there is still a chance that Sanders and Colorado can turn things around, the rest of the season is looking bleak.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • From a bleak job hunt upon her arrival in 2016 to undergoing treatment for her second bout with breast cancer during the uncertainty and fear of COVID, Davis recalls her journey through raw vulnerability and splashes of humor.
    Essence, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Cloudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloudy. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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