cumulous
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Although cumulous clusters of baby’s breath are now a staple of floral arrangements, the species is a wildflower native to central and Eastern Europe.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2021
Pouty cumulous clouds threaten a fresh outburst when a black limo pulls up.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2015
The smoke coiled above the treetops, a single cumulous bloom of grey far enough to the west that it looked manageable.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Far off on the horizon the cumulous clouds lay with level under-ridges, their upper outlines softly heaped in pearly lights and shades of dun and gray.
From The Mormon Prophet by Dougall, Lily
If the cumulous clouds to the north and east, in the direction of Granada, would lift a little we would see the white tops of the Sierra Nevada.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)
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