clouds

1. Particles of water or ice suspended in the air. (See cirrus clouds, cumulus clouds, nimbus clouds, and stratus clouds.)

Example Sentences

Moisture in the atmosphere provides the energy to build clouds to great heights and enables storms to "spin up".

From BBC

Mr Todorov captured clouds reflected in vast salt ponds while flying into San Francisco.

From BBC

According to the Southwest Area Incident Management Team, these clouds form when intense heat from a wildfire pushes smoke high into the cooler atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times

Since 2018, the Salton Sea no longer gets an inflow of fresh water, only agricultural runoff, so it is evaporating and shrinking while the exposed, dry lake bed area is expanding, feeding clouds of particulate.

From Los Angeles Times

Never rule out a squad containing such quality, although they will desperately hope the lingering clouds over the fitness of Rodri - their most important player, who missed nearly all of last season - roll away.

From BBC

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