cloudlet
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of cloudlet
Example Sentences
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A composition of soft-focus horizontal and vertical bands by Adam Henry blurs in the central area as if obscured by a foggy cloudlet.
From New York Times
The tempest growled on the horizon, and grew apace; the cloudlet was spreading over the heavens.
From Project Gutenberg
O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar singing away!
From Project Gutenberg
And on this brilliant October Saturday Assistant Scoutmaster Toiney Leduc, perceiving that the coming parting was casting a faint shadow before, exerted himself to banish that cloudlet as the troop started on its hike.
From Project Gutenberg
To him she only lifted up her shy glance, when the moon, that climbed up over a broken stairway of clouds stood overshadowed behind a little white cloudlet.
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