cirrus
Example Sentences
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Some spread out and persist as high, thin cirrus clouds.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023
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
“They seem to come and go, a bit like cirrus clouds on Earth.”
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 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.
