thundercloud
IPA: θˈʌndɝkɫˈaʊd
noun
- (meteorology) A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a storm cloud.
- (by extension, figurative) Something menacing and brooding.
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Examples of "thundercloud" in Sentences
- When the thundercloud is over the cork, click the cloud.
- He goes off to play a DVD game, looking like a thundercloud.
- The sword/staff drawing a line along the curve of the thundercloud is a brilliant touch.
- The black man in Los Angeles sitting on the curb, a thundercloud of smoke rushing out his lips.
- If I cared about numbers I would measure these shadows and thundercloud bruises and stagnant mosquito magnet hours.
- Erratic trails of water that meet in a puddle in another untitled photograph look like lightning from an inverted thundercloud.
- But I know you heard us, our locks, our curls weighed down with mist, salt wind, rainstorm, thundercloud, stilled by our audible voices.
- Johnson will also be taking this week off to enjoy a brief family break, though Mrs Johnson may struggle to relax with such a dark thundercloud hanging over the breakfast table.
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