How to Use in the clouds in a Sentence
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Most of the year my jaw has been on the floor and heart in the clouds.
—Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
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What's more, the duo had to deal with an intense gust of wind while up in the clouds.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 13 Dec. 2022
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So your heaven is on earth, and Benjamin’s is in the clouds.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022
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The company must not be seen as having its head in the clouds and its planes on the ground.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2023
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The flames rose and were reflected in the clouds, turning the sky a hellish scarlet.
—James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022
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The air must be below freezing both at ground level and in the clouds.
—Mac Stone, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2023
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By evening the ridge will continue to strengthen, enough for some breaks in the clouds.
—Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2023
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Stanfield’s Darius on the other hand is still up in the clouds.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022
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With rain possible, though, observers may have to wait for gaps in the clouds to see the lights.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2023
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As for why saxophonist Zoot has his head in the clouds all the time?
—Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 10 May 2023
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When everything looks grim, the slightest break in the clouds looks like a new day.
—James MacKintosh, WSJ, 31 July 2022
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My head was in the clouds over him; I was instantly smitten.
—Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
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His pieces include whales floating in the clouds and a glowing tree rising from the ocean.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
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This should be winding down by lunchtime, with perhaps some breaks in the clouds in the afternoon.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
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The hailstones grow bigger in the clouds as ice crystals and cloud droplets freeze onto them.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2022
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And yet, for all his sudden success, there’s little concern that the first-year starter’s head is in the clouds.
—Michael Silver, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2022
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During a winter storm, snowflakes and sleet pellets high in the clouds can collide.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2022
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This emotional water sign would rather have their head in the clouds than their feet placed firmly down on the ground.
—Brittany Beringer, Women's Health, 12 Aug. 2023
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Along with what the scientists were seeing beyond the tent, the weather forecast promised no holes in the clouds for days.
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
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But for transportation to and from the City of Angels, travelers can remain in the clouds.
—John Kell, Fortune, 14 July 2023
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Which, perhaps, was all too fitting for someone still soaring up in the clouds.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2021
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Only a small opening in the clouds to the east is needed to produce beautiful shades.
—Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
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No such thing as a bad win — especially in the clouds, and not scoring for 9½ minutes.
—Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
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Then, just as quickly, to flop onto our backs and make shapes in the clouds or wonder at the first stars speckling the violet sky.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 13 May 2022
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But 85 percent of the strikes recorded there involve a connection to a pool of negative charges in the clouds.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2023
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While Portland may stay in the clouds for the bulk of the day Friday, areas from about Salem southward should see sunny skies sooner, and temps in the mid 70s.
—oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2021
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Some breaks in the clouds will allow for partial sunshine by late afternoon and evening.
—Dallas News, 3 May 2022
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Investor sentiment is at last falling back to earth after months in the clouds.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 27 May 2021
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This year, an aircraft will cover the remaining meters in altitude to assess any response in the clouds beyond the 500-meter mark.
—Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
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The sentimental Moon enters brainy Aquarius and trines idealistic Jupiter, keeping our heads in the clouds.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 27 May 2024
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