cloud over

Example Sentences

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Brooks said there was disappointment and frustration in the community and a "bit of a heavy cloud over what was a very successful evening".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

“There’s a huge black cloud over the sea for the World Cup and the travel slump that we’re seeing is all linked to this oil shortage.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

The rulings could be a widespread cloud over digital-advertising businesses, Jefferies equities analyst Jeffrey Favuzza wrote in a Thursday note.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

The battle to acquire the fabled Hollywood studio has cast another cloud over an industry still recovering from the dual shocks of the pandemic and the writers and actors union strikes three years later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

For an instant, glue sticks, scissors, and construction paper are airborne, hanging like a cloud over the library.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman