cirrus

Example Sentences

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Those harmless-looking vapor trails sometimes spread out to form 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