Example Sentences

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“Indeed, while there are silver linings spread across today’s report, dark clouds are approaching,” Raja said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Elaine Orwin sees dark clouds falling from her kitchen ceiling.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Zoom in through the dark clouds parting to reveal a figure falling face downward, clearly a female form in stiletto heels descending toward Earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

In a picturesque town on the US-Canada border, workers under dark clouds were building a new entrance for Canadians into a library to replace one that had long symbolized bilateral closeness.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

“Sometimes I dream lightning strikes. Or earthquakes. Sometimes it’s dark clouds mushrooming in the sky. I wake troubled.”

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes