Definition of "war cloud" [war cloud]

• An ominous sign that war threatens (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Lawson said today that the hand of God was above this dark war cloud hovering over us, and that it is he and not man who controuls the fury of the tempest, I know it, and I will trust in him, surely he will deliver us and if not, if it be his will to take from us what is dearer than home, friends, or life itself, our country, can I not believe that Our Father doeth all things well."