cloudlet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cloudlet
Example Sentences
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To him she only lifted up her shy glance, when the moon, that climbed up over a broken stairway of clouds stood overshadowed behind a little white cloudlet.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
O’er fell and mountain sheen, O’er moor and mountain green, O’er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim Over the rainbow’s rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing away!
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
My Annie walks as light As shadow in the night Or downy cloudlet light Alang the fields o' blue.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
He will blot it out, as I have seen a gloomy cloudlet blotted out, and there has been nothing left but radiant sky.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry
Lillias pointed to the bird, diminished almost to a speck, but relieved by the red light against a minute cloudlet.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
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