storm cloud
Britishnoun
-
a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm
-
a herald of disturbance, anger, or violence
the storm clouds of war
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And Marjorie Taylor Greene just earned herself a storm cloud over her house.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2024
In downbursts the air is not rotating, but instead dropping quickly downwards from the storm cloud in a vertical column.
From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024
It can’t create water from a clear sky — particles must be shot into a storm cloud that already holds moisture to get it to fall, or to fall more than it otherwise would naturally.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024
Fitting, then, that Saba arrives under his own storm cloud.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
Straight ahead, lightning flashed within an enormous storm cloud.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
