Gray clouds loomed overhead.

Meaning: This means there were large, dark, and threatening clouds hanging above, making the sky look gloomy and foreboding.

Choice of Words: Loomed means to appear large and threatening. Overhead means above one's head. When we say "Gray clouds loomed overhead," we are describing the appearance of the clouds as large, dark, and ominous, hanging above.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Dark clouds loomed overhead.
• Clouds gathered, rain loomed, I grabbed an umbrella.
• Dark clouds loomed ominously above.
• Clouds gathered, rain loomed.
• The gray clouds moved slowly.
• Gray clouds moved slowly.
• Rain poured down from the gray clouds.
• Rain falls from the gray clouds.
• Raindrops fall from the gray clouds.
• Raindrops fell from gray clouds.