What does storm-cloud mean?
Storm-cloud means Dated form of storm cloud.
Storm-cloud
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Storm-cloud is a noun meaning Dated form of storm cloud.
Meaning
Dated form of storm cloud.
Example Sentences
IN midwinter the shadow that hung over John gathered into storm-cloud.
The dreariest towns I ever beheld—the tops of the islands in gloomy storm-clouds; […]
’TIS midnight now—athwart the murky air, / Dank lurid meteors shoot a livid gleam; / From the dark storm-clouds flashes a fearful glare, / It shews the bending oak, the roaring stream.
O Isla’s maid, yon sea-bird mark, / Her white wing gleams through mist and spray, / Against the storm-cloud, lowering dark, / As to the rock she wheels away;— / Where clouds are dark and billows rave, / Why to the shelter should she come / Of cliff exposed to wind and wave?— / O maid of Isla, ’tis her home.
Word Forms
- storm-clouds
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IN midwinter the shadow that hung over John gathered into storm-cloud.
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