cloud-capped
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of cloud-capped
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great Line itself—all this shall dissolve, and leave not a rendering behind.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2022
To many, it might seem a strange concern for a state whose vast prairies roll wide and empty to the horizon, whose lonely mountains range back toward the cloud-capped Continental Divide.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first and still biggest pleasure complex to sprout in the wilderness, in 1962, was the Kaanapali Beach Resort on Maui's west coast, overlooking the cloud-capped, green-velvet islands of Molokai and Lanai.
From Time Magazine Archive
It concluded with the remark that Mount Donald which towers over Field was cloud-capped during the visit and did not uncover for "God Save the King."
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon we see the cloud-capped Phaeacian towers sink away, skirt the shores of Epirus, and enter the Chaonian haven and approach high Buthrotum town.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
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