thunderbolt
Example Sentences
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Ermedin Demirovic unleashed a thunderbolt in the 90th minute to send Stuttgart into the top four with a 1-0 home win over Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
The attack fell like a thunderbolt on the country’s tightly knit Jewish community.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
The same familiar blue and gold thunderbolt greeted Mike Williams as he drove through the welcoming Southern California streets.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
The higher-for-longer inflation predicament has hit the U.S. housing market like a thunderbolt.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024
At the last and greatest thunderbolt every man startled involuntarily, and each saw the other startle, until they laughed away their shame.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
