cloudlet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cloudlet
Example Sentences
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A puff of smoke, hanging like a cloudlet, guided his eyes.
From Rivers of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The organ's hum grew softer, and the censers swung with a silvery tinkling of their slender chains, releasing a cloudlet of white smoke, which unrolled in lacelike folds.
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile
There seemed to be a layer of tenuous vapor upon their surfaces, which slowly rose and coiled, and gathered into a tiny cloudlet above their tips.
From The Mad Planet by Leinster, Murray
In the sky there was not a cloudlet, but the horizon's border was disfigured.
From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
I’m no Renaissance cherub on a cloudlet, but I’m going to knuckle down and see if I can’t jibe along a little better with my old Dinky-Dunk.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
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