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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a little cloud of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small, often metaphorical, presence or feeling that is somewhat negative or ominous.
Example: "As she walked into the room, a little cloud of doubt hovered over her, making her second-guess her decision."
Alternatives: "a small shadow of" or "a faint trace of".
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A little cloud of smoke came from the German's mouth.
All that remained of the German regiment was a little cloud of dust".
For the first time I see a little cloud of worry settling over Chandu.
The single, "Blue Orchid," comes charging out of the gate in a little cloud of echo-treated drums.
There was a little cloud of solution that started hanging around the bottom of the dish tub.
The film wafts along for an hour and a half before expiring in a little cloud of vapour.
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So here are two: 1 From the Hebrew Bible, 1 Kings 18 44, "Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand". 2 A hat trick in cricket is the taking of three successive wickets by a single bowler.
"It's really Freudian," he opines through a pretty little cloud of pot smoke.
Such is the famous Irish paralysis that Majumdar said "provided aesthetic material for James Joyce, one of the greatest innovators of modern fiction". In works such as "A Little Cloud," Joyce articulated this "psychological consequence of imperialism," said Majumdar.
This looks like a little cloud, and is to the right of the book's title.
Beginning in a desire to placate English Puritanism, the little cloud of Jamesian evasion extended, charmingly, elsewhere in the book.
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