thundercloud
Example Sentences
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The General Assembly is unfolding this week under a thundercloud of deep pessimism.
From Seattle Times
In thunderclouds, upward-lofting ice crystals collide with descending bits of hail, and these collisions produce an electrical charge that gives rise to lightning.
From Science Magazine
Comprising a full-size, beat-up black hearse enclosed in a steel cage beneath a kind of thundercloud of rusted exhaust pipes and mufflers, it’s materially overpowering, even off-putting, a little scary.
From New York Times
Attached to the chain are charms detailing her story: a thundercloud for the strike, a hand grasping a lightning bolt for her getting a grip on new challenges.
From The Guardian
The first, a large wildfire thundercloud that formed over a blaze in British Columbia, occurred in 2017.
From Washington Post
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