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
On account of the early hour, the heat was not at first oppressive, though the day was clear and from beyond the Karamojo Mountains the sun rolled magnificently, not shaded by a cloudlet.
From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
O'er fell and fountain 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 The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale
Clear is the sky: no cloudlet mars The splendour of the shining stars.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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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