nimbus clouds

Cultural  

1. The dark clouds characteristic of storms.

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Example Sentences

Radar domes, used for military surveillance, floated like nimbus clouds.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2023

She can create hovering nimbus clouds of harmony with the best of them.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2021

Looming through the tall windows along the back wall, dark skies were crammed with nimbus clouds.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Mateo points out the dark nimbus clouds, and I’m straight wowed I get to live in this moment with someone who doesn’t deserve to die.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

During the whole day nimbus clouds had hung heavily from the sky, and snow had fallen in grains and star-like crystals.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir