cloudlet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cloudlet
Example Sentences
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The tempest growled on the horizon, and grew apace; the cloudlet was spreading over the heavens.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
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
On the grass there was not a drop of dew; on the sky not a cloudlet.
From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Walking close to each other, they loomed against the background of the park--the one in her black, flapping weeds resembling a gliding shadow, and the other like a white summer cloudlet.
From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann
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.
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