clouded yellow

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noun

See yellow (def. 6)

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Words nearby clouded yellow

cloud cover, cloud-cuckoo-land, cloud ear, clouded, clouded leopard, clouded yellow, cloud eggs, cloud forest, cloud grass, cloudland, cloud layer

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How to use clouded yellow in a sentence

Abraham, a yellow cab driver and student, feels that blacks are targeted unfairly by the police.
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Some of the items Indonesian military aircraft saw were long yellow tubes.
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With the first set I did, the colors of the couch determined that the rest of it would be blue and yellow and white.
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Behind him stood a flock of fifth-grade boys—and two second-grade girls—all of them wearing the exact same yellow hat.
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Cosby then allegedly ordered a pre-paid yellow cab that transported Allison home.
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The pink flowers are the largest while those of a yellow color are the smallest.
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The flowers grow in clusters from the extremities of the stalk; they are yellow externally and of a delicate red within.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
He was cast down to think that he might have spared himself the trouble of donning his beautiful yellow doublet from Paris.
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Aristide again sought the message of the stars; but the sky was clouded over, and soon a fine rain began to fall.
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In the presence of bromin the chloroform, which settles to the bottom, assumes a yellow color.
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