cloud over

1. Become opaque, misty, or dim, as in I'm sweating so much that my eyeglasses are clouded over .

2. Become overcast with clouds, as in It's clouding over now, so it may rain soon , or It was too hot and sunny, but after a while the sky clouded up and we ventured outside . [Mid-1700s]

Idioms and Phrases

Also, cloud up .

Example Sentences

Trump’s question reflects a widespread public amnesia that has clouded over our collective memory of COVID.

From Salon

“It put a big, dark cloud over everything for me,” said Greg, now 58.

From Los Angeles Times

Polls had identified inflation as voters’ biggest concern, but abortion ended up looming like a dark cloud over Republican candidates.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s like a cloud over my head, it’s always just this waiting and waiting and waiting,” she says.

From BBC

And by the time he left Hungary on Friday at the end of a six-day European tour, the clouds over his country’s relations with the West looked much less dark, at least from China’s perspective.

From New York Times

Related Words

• blacken
• conceal
• darken
• dim
• mute
• obscure
• shield