Dark clouds gather quickly overhead.

Meaning: Dense and gloomy clouds are rapidly forming above.

Choice of Words: Dark is an adjective that describes the color of the clouds. Clouds are visible masses of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Gather is a verb that describes the accumulation of the clouds. Quickly is an adverb that describes the speed at which the clouds are gathering. Overhead is an adverb that describes the location of the clouds.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Dark clouds gather overhead fast.
• Rain clouds gather overhead.
• Clouds gather overhead.
• Dark clouds moved swiftly overhead.
• Dark clouds loomed overhead.
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• Clouds gather, dark and low.
• Clouds gather, sky dark, world anxious.
• Clouds gather sky dark rain.
• Dark clouds gather before heavy rain.