skies
Americannoun
verb
Example Sentences
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After days and weeks of gloomy skies and relentless rain for some, there has finally been a change to our weather in the United Kingdom.
From BBC
After three weeks of gloom the Sun finally made a welcome return to the skies between 15:00 and 16:00 on Thursday afternoon.
From BBC
Water must be flowing, skies must be clear and the setting sun must hit at the right angle.
From Los Angeles Times
When clocks struck nine across Tehran on Tuesday, the night skies filled with sound in celebration of the 47th year of the Iranian revolution.
From BBC
The pain that had stopped it from hunting, wheeling through the skies above its cloudy kingdom.
From Literature
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