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cloud over
Become opaque, misty, or dim, as in I'm sweating so much that my eyeglasses are clouded over .
Become overcast with clouds, as in It's clouding over now, so it may rain soon , or It was too hot and sunny, but after a while the sky clouded up and we ventured outside . [Mid-1700s]
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By Alex Orlov for Life by DailyBurn Do dark, chilly days make your mood cloud over this time each year?
But on a more personal level, the cloud over Zorreguieta does have implications for the ceremonies in the days to come.
Padre, all the land speaks peace today, yet you are as a threatening cloud over Soledad!
I could find in my heart to put you in a passion any day, just to see his stormy look coming like a great cloud over your face.
Most unluckily the weather began to cloud over, and soon a sharp hailstorm began, with every indication of a fog.
The great heat has caused something like a purple haze to cloud over the deep blue of the sapphire sky.
That such an incident should cast a cloud over Henry Ward Beecher's life was inevitable.
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