How to Use cloud in a Sentence

cloud

1 of 2 noun
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  • It stopped raining and the sun poked through the clouds.
  • The sun is shining and there's not a cloud in the sky.
  • The team has been under a cloud since its members were caught cheating.
  • There's a cloud of controversy hanging over the election.
  • In the sky, the Halloween moon raced in and out of the clouds...
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 19 July 2023
  • The clouds help keep overnight lows rather mild, near 60 to the low 60s.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But those figures could dip as the air stays cool and the clouds linger.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • On the horizon a cluster of roseate clouds match the hue of my drink.
    — Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But Wood’s death hung like a cloud over the film — and, to some, over her whole career.
    — Tim Gray, Variety, 20 July 2023
  • Even as the clouds cleared and the wind subsided, many people were left in the dark.
    — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • This soft shade evokes the tranquil feel of a blue sky without a cloud in the sky.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The nine-second clip seen above opens with a dusty cloud over a desert surface.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 9 May 2023
  • Again, don’t look directly at the sun even when clouds are present.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • As one of the last boats of the day approached the beach Thursday, dark gray clouds hovered offshore.
    — Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • To the west, the clouds unfurled like a strawberry pink candy floss.
    — Maggie Downs, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The more dust or clouds in Earth's atmosphere, the redder the moon will appear.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The comet has a core of dust, gas and ice surrounded by a bright cloud of gas known as a coma.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • But the bread was like a gray cloud that swallowed the lush stracciatella and blurred the meaty smack of the mortadella and salame.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • In 2012, Kiffin’s first season with no bowl ban, the clouds were supposed to break for good.
    — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Ronnie is like the dark gray cloud that kind of came through and f---ed everything up.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The OneDrive cloud storage and syncing service and app is a key piece of the Windows ecosystem.
    — PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The skies and clouds in the background were hand-painted to render a playroom-like quality, as was much of the rest of the set.
    — Time, 27 June 2023
  • The clouds were turning purple and orange; a few boats drifted by.
    — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Smoke from campfires meets the cloud of dirt kicked up by our tires, stinging our eyes and leaving a scratch in our throats.
    — David Culver, CNN, 1 Oct. 2023
  • These types of clouds could mean a thunderstorm is coming.
    — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Reuters showed a large smoke cloud rising from Gaza and seen from southern Israel.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Cloud chocolate chip cookies are made to be light and airy (like a cloud, as the name implies), and should be just as fluffy as one, too.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Beeper’s team had to figure out where to send the messages, what the messages needed to look like, and how to pull them back down from the cloud.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Yeah, there was a sense of there was kind of a bit of a cloud over the whole program because of what was happening in Israel at the time.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The footbed is truly like walking on a cloud, thanks to seven layers of pure comfort.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2023
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cloud

2 of 2 verb
  • The final years of her life were clouded by illness.
  • These new ideas only cloud the issue further.
  • Now 98, Smith has clouded blue eyes and the smooth, childlike face of the very old.
    — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
  • The results could cloud the future of the NHL team in Arizona.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Tonight: Skies cloud up again during the evening with mostly cloudy skies through the night.
    — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Overnight, skies may cloud up a bit as a slight chance of a brief, stray shower rolls through the region.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Through tonight: Clear skies early may cloud up over time.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Outside, plumes of smoke clouded the view as flames raged from the roof of the building beside her.
    — Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2023
  • One of the beautiful things about cannabis is the common love most of us share for the plant, but do not let that cloud your judgment.
    — Alissa Jubelirer, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • In the last week, smoke from the same fires clouded skies in Wisconsin and caused a string of air quality alerts.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023
  • Each acrylic flute is made from crystal-clear BPA-free acrylic and sports a glass-like finish that won't cloud over time.
    — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Try to filter out emotions that may cloud your perception of the cars on the lot and the offers dealers make.
    — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The charges could further cloud the prospects of Digital World’s deal to merge with Trump Media.
    — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • But the opportunity to seize the third wild card clouds a lot of truths about their true standing.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Taurus April 20-May 20 Fog could be clouding your mind.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
  • This summer's smoky haze and heat waves could cloud anyone's judgment about some things.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2023
  • Smoke from wildfires and dust storms cloud the skies near Gardnerville, Nevada.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Oct. 2022
  • For me, seeking comfort was the first step to seeing the parts of myself that had been clouded by survival for so long.
    — Sage Agee, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • Tomorrow night: Skies try to cloud up just before dawn.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Substance abuse can cloud your mind and hinder clear thinking.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Back in 2009, video games were introduced to cloud gaming with OnLive.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Pink scud clouds over the bridges, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Battersea, spider-work.
    — Cynthia Zarin, The New York Review of Books, 29 June 2023
  • In some cases, however, the books appear to cloud the human causes of the crisis.
    — Katie Worth, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2023
  • This year’s Kentucky Derby was clouded in a series of horse deaths and late scratches that watered down the field to 18 horses in the 20-gate field.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • Under the high pressure of a heat dome, air sinks, causing temperatures to rise and cloud cover to be scanty.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2022
  • Tragedies and turning points in the war have been clouded by uncertainty, sometimes for weeks or longer.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • After nearly five hours, the craft landed on the bottom, stirring up silt and ooze and clouding the small porthole.
    — William J. Broad, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • As Claude Monet got older, cataracts began to cloud his vision.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Thursday night after Diplo’s set, news of rain clouded the playa glow.
    — Asli Pelit, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Both tried to cloud the full cost of the looming federal bailouts to go to depositors and to settle markets.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022

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