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cloudy

[klau-dee] / ˈklaʊ di /


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Wednesday and Thursday are expected to be cloudy and cool, with highs topping out in the mid-60s and lower 70s, according to the weather service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

In the Pacific tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta, the skies were cloudy on Saturday morning but the sea was still relatively calm.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Temperatures will be about 3 degrees higher than Sunday and the cloudy overnight skies will make things seem very mild.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Estimates will remain cloudy, however, until economists can further incorporate Friday morning’s August consumer-price data into their analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The cloudy glass cleared quickly, revealing more of the thing’s head, including the circular edge of an eye that was as big as a manhole cover.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Northern Ireland will be even cloudier, with some outbreaks of mainly light rain and drizzle.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Scotland, Northern Ireland and western Britain will experience cloudier skies with outbreaks of rain as low pressure slowly moves across Ireland.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The first signs that a dog is crossing over into his senior years are often a graying muzzle, cloudier eyes or a slower gait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The picture is a little cloudier for actors in a supporting role, said Feinberg, with both male and female categories up for grabs.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

The sky was getting cloudier, and in the darkness the cold seemed more intense.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

May and June are usually Southern California’s cloudiest months, Sirard said, but the persistence of the trough made it even more so this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

She had to stop driving; the sunlight on even the cloudiest day forced her to close her eyes.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

He forgot how McEnroe’s eyes used to narrow as if against the noonday glare, even on the cloudiest of days.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 24, 2018

Occasionally on the cloudiest of Martian days we are able to make out faint clouds in the sky.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2018

The happy birds attune their songs to ours, And rainbow hues encircle frolic showers; Our saddest tears are wept without dismay; Soft shining sunsets cheer the cloudiest day.

From The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories by Lydia Maria Francis Child


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