stratus clouds

[ (stray-tuhs, strat-uhs) ]

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Low clouds that stretch over large portions of sky, creating overcast conditions.

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How to use stratus clouds in a sentence

In individual cases the difference between surface winds and stratus clouds may be considerably greater.
Wind and Weather|Alexander McAdie
It passed between me and some cirro-stratus clouds, so dense as to hide ordinary stars completely.
Meteoric astronomy:|Daniel Kirkwood
Sometimes these stratus clouds may cover the sky at midday, but in thin platings and not leadenly.
Reading the Weather|Thomas Morris Longstreth
During forenoon notice a distinct terra-cotta or biscuit colour in the stratus clouds to the north.
South!|Sir Ernest Shackleton

Do not all the filmy, hazy, cirrus and cirro-stratus clouds first appear from the general direction of the sunset?
Locusts and Wild Honey|John Burroughs