cloudlet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cloudlet
Example Sentences
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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
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
Over the white silk dress flowed a delicate white lace, which waved like a cloudlet round her tall and slender figure.
From Success and How He Won It by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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