cloudlet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cloudlet
Example Sentences
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There seemed to be a layer of tenuous vapor upon their surfaces, which slowly rose and coiled, and gathered into a tiny cloudlet above their tips.
From The Mad Planet by Leinster, Murray
Still, the sailors frowned at it, and called the feathery cloudlet —scudding lazily about—a squall, and they were all glad to be in sight of the land.
From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.
She spoke, once more smiling, through the little cloudlet of steam.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
In the sky there was not a cloudlet, but the horizon's border was disfigured.
From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
He will blot it out, as I have seen a gloomy cloudlet blotted out, and there has been nothing left but radiant sky.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry
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