Example Sentences

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Thunderclouds develop large negative charges that attract positive charges on the ground.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

Thunderclouds of smoke loomed over the ocean as ferocious winds drove them offshore and whipped sand at our faces.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

Thunderclouds rolled across Kenya’s Masai Mara savanna as the spotted hyena cubs played, tumbling over each other in the wet grass.

From National Geographic • Feb. 8, 2024

Thunderclouds wheel over the Sandia Mountains but bring no rain.

From Time Magazine Archive

“All dark and menacing, they are. Thunderclouds, if you ask me. We’re in for a thunderstorm; mark my words.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el