cirrus
Example Sentences
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The remaining, thinner cirrus clouds would allow more long-wave radiation emanating from Earth to escape to space.
From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2023
Aside from those brief glimpses through the storm, the cirrus clouds resembled a flat blanket beneath the deep blue sky.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023
The wind-shear phenomenon can occur in wispy cirrus clouds or even clear air near thunderstorms, as differences in temperature and pressure create powerful currents of fast-moving air.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022
Meyers’s lines grew icy and severe, distant and distinct, a contrail mingling with the cirrus clouds.
From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2022
It was still clear, but a thin, wispy scum of cirrus had spread across the upper atmosphere, and a dark line of squalls was visible just above the southwestern horizon.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
