nimbus clouds

Cultural  

1. The dark clouds characteristic of storms.

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Example Sentences

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

From Literature

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

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

Thunderstorm clouds are called cumulonimbus clouds — the nimbus part of the name comes from the Latin for “dark cloud,” because the moisture within nimbus clouds can block or reduce incoming sunlight.

From Los Angeles Times

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 Literature