cloud scuds

Frequency: 3.50.8 per million words

Used to describe clouds moving quickly across the sky, often driven by wind.

scudNOUN + scud

Categories:

cloud

Examples (10)

  • The clouds scud across the sky on windy days.
  • Look how quickly the clouds are scudding past the moon tonight.
  • A dark cloud suddenly scudded over the mountain.
  • While we watched, tiny clouds were scudding rapidly across the horizon.
  • Soon, heavy clouds will scud in from the west, bringing rain.
  • Wispy clouds scudded like hurried ghosts across the pale sky.
  • Above the desolate landscape, grey clouds scudded relentlessly.
  • The storm clouds scudded menacingly low, hinting at bad weather.
  • From the airplane window, we watched the fluffy clouds scud by below us.
  • As the hurricane approached, angry black clouds scudded overhead.