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The phrase "a dark cloud hangs" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used metaphorically to describe a feeling of impending trouble or sadness, often in a figurative sense related to emotions or situations.
Example: "As the news of the layoffs spread, a dark cloud hangs over the office, casting a shadow on everyone's morale."
Alternatives: "a looming shadow" or "an ominous presence".
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A dark cloud hangs over China and the United States.
Ministers extolled Britain as a haven for investors.Alas, a dark cloud hangs over the mood of vindication.
But a dark cloud hangs over proceedings, because the Trump administration is reportedly on the verge of withdrawing the U.S. from the pact.
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A dark cloud hung over my head.
However a dark cloud hung over those two years abroad – the likelihood that Clinton, and most of the others, would be sent to fight in Vietnam, a war he bitterly opposed.
There was no denying that a dark cloud hung over campus.
Amid much talk about the unprecedented $500 million guarantee Sotheby's had to ensure, and chattering of internal family strife, it seems something of a dark cloud hung over the proceedings.
One dark cloud hangs over this more positive approach: uncertainty over immigration.
FOR a few years, the dark cloud hung over Junior's house.
And a dark cloud has hung over the competition since the death of Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's English-born coach.
A dark cloud has hung over Delhi these past few weeks, and it isn't just the pollution.
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