cloud of suspicion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcloudandsuspicion
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cloud
noun
uk/klaʊd/us/klaʊd/
a grey or white mass in the sky, made up of very small floating drops ...
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suspicion
noun
uk/səˈspɪʃ.ən/us/səˈspɪʃ.ən/
a belief or idea that something may ...
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(Definition ofcloudandsuspicionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Acloudofsuspicionand fear has been created in the community.
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Where would the world end up if acloudofsuspicionwere to hang over such judgments in future?
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Is it not deeply unsatisfactory that named public figures are, by implication, under acloudofsuspicion, seemingly for having done something wrong?
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I am told that at all levels they find themselves under acloudofsuspicion.
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It has to blow away thiscloudofsuspicionand innuendo which has lasted far too long.
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Our men are under acloudofsuspicionbecause this has been taking place.
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They do not want the slightestcloudofsuspicionto sully that pristine position.
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However, a slightcloudofsuspicioncrosses my horizon.
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It is thecloudofsuspicion, fear and recrimination which prevents progress.
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Until these allegations are answered, we are under acloudofsuspicion.
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It shrouds the decent work of the entire community of parish councils in acloudofsuspicionthat they do not deserve.
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These people have to live under thecloudofsuspicionfor the rest of their lives.
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The man has been cleared, because there is no evidence against him—and still he is under acloudofsuspicion.
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It is acloudofsuspicionthat we are afraid of letting them know where products are coming from.
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It trails with it a heavycloudofsuspicion.
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The clause itself raises thecloudofsuspicionon every old person entering an old people's home.
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Over this portion of the industry there is hanging acloudofsuspicionbecause we do not know what is going to happen.
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Pearson, was desirable in order to allay the greatcloudofsuspicionwhich has grown up round this business.
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Why is there need for people to be put under acloudofsuspicionfor the rest of their lives because they have been called to a private inquiry?
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For nearly one year he has had acloudofsuspicionhanging over him that he might have been party to undermining the security of our country.
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