rain cloud
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rain cloud
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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She’s a little rain cloud of a person, dour and humorless, though perhaps rightly offended by being passed over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
In many productions, Hamlet stalks the stage in a fog of misery, as if trailing a rain cloud above his head like a balloon on a string.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
“Imagine a rain cloud, but instead of water droplets coming down, it's like molten rock droplets raining out of the sky,” says Prof Drabon.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
Large sheer silk hats fluttered by — like a rain cloud being blown by the wind.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
It was a torrent of sand, looking like a rain cloud, that came in from the northwest and turned the place so dark in the afternoon light that the street lamps suddenly started glowing.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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