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as in muddy
having visible particles in liquid suspension
the water coming out of the faucet was unusually cloudy
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as in hazy
covered over by clouds
the skies grew cloudy and we headed home
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as in misty
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
the room grew cloudy with smoke from the fire
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as in dark
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
after his third failed marriage, he seemed destined to live the rest of his life in a permanently cloudy mood
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Recent Examples of cloudy
In the Harbor Springs and Petoskey areas, New Year's Eve is set to be dry and cloudy, per the weather service.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
Detailed 7-day Cincinnati weather forecast Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 Dec. 2024
According to a state trooper investigating the accident, the weather was cloudy and the road was dry.
—Amir Mahmoud, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Cancer Council Australia recommends applying sunscreen on days when the ultraviolet index forecast is three or higher — and remember, high UV can occur on cool and cloudy days.
—Sarah Reid, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2024
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2024
Detailed 7-day Cincinnati weather forecast Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 Dec. 2024
According to a state trooper investigating the accident, the weather was cloudy and the road was dry.
—Amir Mahmoud, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Cancer Council Australia recommends applying sunscreen on days when the ultraviolet index forecast is three or higher — and remember, high UV can occur on cool and cloudy days.
—Sarah Reid, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2024
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My first game was 1976 when a sublime Peter Taylor free kick beat an unrecognisable Chelsea at a very muddy and different Stamford Bridge.The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Think deep plums with muddy undertones, like BEHR’s 2025 Color of the Year, Rumors.Cyndy Aldred, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2025
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After the multiple reports of the train delays, a first responder at the apartment building said over radio that there was burned food in a second-floor apartment and a slight hazy smoke on the second floor.Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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In the 2010s, when people were coming and buying four-packs of hazy I.P.A. for $16, $18, $20 directly from breweries, that was a very lucrative time.Terence McGinley, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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This is partially because the lungs breathe out moisture in misty breaths.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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His eyes had turned misty at the memory of his mother’s words.Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
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TikTok's attorney suggested the app would basically go dark.WIRED, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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Schaeffer, 22, was seen leaving her home on May 23, 2022, with her black-and-white cat, Izzy, and getting into a dark gray BMW that had been parked across the street for six hours, according to security video.Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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On the engineering side, the plan is to design a better speaker, targeting the ideal frequency response for a turbid ecosystem, and doing so in a way that drives down the cost.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
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Grass carp make the water more turbid; stiltgrass and common reed can block sight lines and reduce property values; and sea lamprey are a shocking sight when they are attached to sport fish.Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024
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Such a boom and bust cycle means a lot of lush greenery that grows in the rainy times, and a lot of dead leaves, trees and other tinder that gets left behind when things dry.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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While Northern California and the Bay Area has seen a relatively rainy winter season, downtown Los Angeles saw just 3% of its normal rainfall since Oct. 1.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2025
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But beneath Pansy’s rage, often a source of that specific, bleak brand of Mike Leigh comedy, lies severe OCD, anxiety, depression, and the grief of having recently lost her mother.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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While the art world has felt bleak amid a buckling market, a new art fair is gracing Los Angeles this year.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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As with most origin stories of football clubs that are a century and a half old, the truth of how Nottingham Forest came into being is slightly murky.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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This six-episode Netflix series is taking on the murky world of health influencer culture—and what happened when a certain real-life influencer’s brand was built on a lie.Charley Ross, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Cloudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloudy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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