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‘black storm clouds rolled inexorably down the valley’
‘The sea became calm for as far as they could see, and the huge black storm cloud vanished from the sky.’
‘They shoot up from the tops of thunderstorms about the same moment lightning discharges within the storm cloud.’
‘When the local topography permits, you can see lightning and the associated storm cloud from anywhere up to 200 miles away.’
‘Hanging ominously above the rooftops of west London is a massive storm cloud.’
‘It was a black, malevolent storm cloud, twitching and pulsing, rolling in, already filling up the stretch of the sky at the horizon.’
‘Instead of the uniform grayness of the rainy day, we have the black storm cloud and brilliant lightning flash.’
‘However, his efforts to silence her weren't needed, because a huge storm cloud came up, and with it, energy frizzed in the air.’
‘Soon, a bizarre storm cloud hovers over New York City, seen in the distance from Ray's Newark home.’
‘The storm cloud outside the window was a common nineteenth-century symbol of sadness and mourning.’
‘This effect has already been used for some interesting experiments, such as firing a pulsed laser into a charged storm cloud to initiate a lightning strike back down the light beam.’
‘It was a horrible storm cloud now, blocking out the sun, blocking out the blue of the sky, reaching almost as far as the eye could see.’
‘I looked up to see that I was driving in the middle of a storm cloud.’
‘As the ball passed through one of the clouds the cloud lit up for a split second, as if there was a lightening storm within, although it was clearly not a storm cloud.’
‘He took Faith's hand in his as they walked toward the sunset, a storm cloud hung overhead, but Faith chose to ignore it.’
‘A big black storm cloud hangs in the sky as we wait to set off for the Kingston Green Fair.’
‘I was thinking back to the last time I saw Franklin's gulls like this and it was right before a storm, a flock was flying around for insects right in front of the storm cloud.’
‘Waterspouts are basically tornadoes that are over water, and downbursts are violent gusts of winds blowing directly downwards from the storm cloud.’
‘He bailed out, the machine falling away, but his parachute was sucked into a storm cloud.’
‘It was only a storm cloud, she reassured herself.’
‘Eleanor nodded, the storm cloud up ahead growing larger.’
1.1storm cloudsUsed in reference to a threatening or ominous state of affairs.
‘the beginning of the decade saw storm clouds gathering over Europe’
‘However, the storm cloud of higher rates now appears to have been blown off course by the chill winds of threatened recessionary pressures.’
‘These meetings eventually became public knowledge, and Austin clearly saw the storm clouds gathering.’
‘As the sultry summer wears on in Korea, though, storm clouds are threatening the car manufacturer's expansive dreams.’
‘But with storm clouds gathering over the global economy, the question is just how good that deal will be.’
‘The second storm cloud is the threat, which leaked out last weekend, of the UK government introducing Capital Gains Tax on house sales.’
‘In sum, speculation ran absolutely rampant while ominous storm clouds gathered on the horizon.’
‘Zweig saw the storm clouds gathering over his native Austria earlier than many.’
‘But there's a storm cloud on the horizon - privacy concerns - that many people were talking about.’
‘Instead they were all overshadowed by the black storm cloud that hovered above me and made every day - even important, landmark days - a struggle.’
‘When our lovely mother declared she adored Walter at that shindig, a storm cloud threatened to haunt me for the rest of my life.’
‘Collins had seen the storm clouds gathering over East Timor's future.’
‘Some perceive the storm clouds gathering over Egypt's political life.’
‘Our team had a storm cloud over us today, following some surprisingly bad news relayed by the night float.’
‘But the flood of new debt continues this year despite the ominous and unmistakable storm clouds of global financial and economic crisis.’
‘The director uses a variety of expressionistic techniques to create alternating moods of lyricism and ominous storm clouds.’
‘The storm clouds which have been gathering ominously for some time now, have finally burst, bringing a whole world of pain and torment raining down upon our heads.’
‘Many agency firms that have seen storm clouds gathering over the market have simply opened their umbrellas and continued on with business.’
‘Ominous storm clouds darkened in the U.S. this week, as a faltering equity market and weakening dollar joined a troubled Credit market.’
‘But low inflation is little comfort when storm clouds gather over the jobs horizon.’
‘She continued on as storm clouds grew in Reynald's face.’