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Used with adjectives:
"
The sky is filled with thick clouds."
(thick, heavy, dense, light, fluffy)
"
I'm worried about those dark clouds."
(dark, rain, storm, thunder, threatening)
"
The factory created a huge cloud of smoke."
(huge, great, dense, thick)
"
We can't breathe because of the smoke cloud."
(smoke, dust)
"
The bomb created a mushroom cloud."
(mushroom)
Used with verbs:
"
Clouds are forming in the sky."
(be + forming, be + moving, be + gathering, be + covering)
"
The clouds finally parted and the sun came out."
(parted, broke, cleared, lifted)
"
The wind created a dust cloud."
(created, caused, carried)
Used with nouns:
"
The airplane flew past a blanket of clouds."
(blanket, layer, mass)
"
Look at that cloud formation."
(formation, bank, cluster)
"
We can see the sun through a break in the clouds."
(break)
Used with prepositions:
"
The bird flew above the clouds."
(above, below)
"
I'd rather not fly through the clouds."
(through, into, near)
"
There was a huge cloud of smoke."
(of)
