How to Use cloud in a Sentence

cloud

1 of 2 noun

• 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
• Think of snuggling under a thick crocheted blanket or lounging on a cloud sofa.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Apr. 2024
• Right now, precipitation will end for much of western Ohio by Monday morning, and the thickest cloud coverage should begin to move off to the east.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2024

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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
• One of them, a father of three, told the court news coverage about the situation would probably cloud his judgment.
  — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
• Tomás Cott, widely recognized by his initials, TC, challenges the stereotypes that have clouded the perception of cannabis users for decades.
  — Javier Hasse, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024