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								From my narrowed windows I stare into the night that looms beneath the cloud-swept stars. DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004 
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								The will of the world is a whistling wind, sweeping a cloud-swept sky DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004 
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								Boudin's "Barque dans l'Estuaire" 1854-60 another rending of a vast, cloud-swept sky over a slim stretch of beach punctuated by a small boat's white sail, is almost abstract as Boudin captures the nuances of changing light. Denise Dennis: Normandy: Birthplace of Impressionism Celebrated this Summer Denise Dennis 2010 
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								Boudin's "Barque dans l'Estuaire" (1854-60) another rending of a vast, cloud-swept sky over a slim stretch of beach punctuated by a small boat's white sail, is almost abstract as Boudin captures the nuances of changing light. Denise Dennis: Normandy: Birthplace of Impressionism Celebrated this Summer 2010 
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								Beyond the smoking destruction and chaos on TV, great picture windows on cloud-swept chalk blue sky, whirling seagulls, jagged sea-sculptured rocks. 9/11 Maggie Jochild 2007 
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								The manner was more like a painting than writing, very expressive, running down like cloud-swept branches. The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001 
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								He tipped back his head, looking up at the cloud-swept sky. The Year I Turned Sixteen Diane Schwemm 1998 
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								He tipped back his head, looking up at the cloud-swept sky. The Year I Turned Sixteen Diane Schwemm 1998 
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								The sandstorm had passed, leaving behind a cloud-swept night sky full of clean, rushing wind. Conan and the Emerald Lotus Hocking, John 1995 
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								He buried her himself beneath a cherry tree, its bare, pale branches scraping a cloud-swept sky. The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983 
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