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Meanings of leaden clouds in English

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Usage of leaden clouds in English
1
The leaden clouds seemed to rest upon the steeples of the churches.
Without a Home
2
The sky was laden with heavy, leaden clouds; it was cold and wretched.
Tales of the Wilderness
3
In the meantime the sun had retired behind thick, leaden clouds.
The Forest
4
Towards the north dark leaden clouds obscured the heavens, and presaged stormy weather.
Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication
5
Over us, the lowering, leaden clouds were scudding, riding the wind.
Wandl the Invader
6
Early in the afternoon a dull haze of leaden clouds rose in the southwest.
A Volunteer Poilu
7
Great luminous masses of white appeared in the sky, pushing aside the leaden clouds.
In the Valley
8
It was a gray day, with leaden clouds hanging low.
Bobby of the Labrador
9
Silver armour shone by its own accord under the unbroken veil of leaden clouds.
The Reality Dysfunction
10
Heavy leaden clouds, dull brown earth, mud, rain, wind.... Brrr!
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
11
The leaden clouds, seeing it on the point of death, assailed it with treacherous greed.
Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
12
He saw through the window a lowering sky with leaden clouds driven wildly across it.
Opening a Chestnut Burr
13
He looked despairingly at the blank winter sky, where leaden clouds shut out the stars.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
14
Fat, leaden clouds were drifting in overhead and the day was turning dark and sluggish.
Bare Bones
15
It was winter-coldand snow and ice and naked trees and leaden clouds and stinging wind.
The Eyes of the World
16
The transient illumination in his face had faded, like sunset tints, leaving dull, leaden clouds behind.
Beulah
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Leaden clouds across language varieties
United Kingdom
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