cloudlet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cloudlet
Example Sentences
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"Upon the breast of a gigantic crag, A golden cloudlet rested for one night."
From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
Clear is the sky: no cloudlet mars The splendour of the shining stars.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
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)
Farwell looked towards the ceiling through a cloudlet of smoke.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
She spoke, once more smiling, through the little cloudlet of steam.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
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