storm cloud

noun

a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm
a herald of disturbance, anger, or violencethe storm clouds of war

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Examples from the Web for storm cloud

Historical Examples

A storm-cloud was driving in from the west, low-hanging and menacing.
The Doomsman
Van Tassel Sutphen
Maybe on a Sunday, or in the middle of the night, a storm-cloud visits the mountains.
Southern Stories
Various
First the storm-cloud descends, hanging lower and lower in the sky.
The Life of David
Alexander Maclaren
A glance that shot on Lamoracke As from a storm-cloud bright and black.
The Tale of Balen
Algernon Charles Swinburne
The great power of the storm-cloud was due to its revolution.
A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Pa.
Richard Darlington

storm cloud

Examples from the Web for storm cloud

Historical Examples

A storm-cloud was driving in from the west, low-hanging and menacing.

Maybe on a Sunday, or in the middle of the night, a storm-cloud visits the mountains.

First the storm-cloud descends, hanging lower and lower in the sky.

A glance that shot on Lamoracke As from a storm-cloud bright and black.

The great power of the storm-cloud was due to its revolution.