thunder and lightning

Example Sentences

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They might have been steeling themselves for some thunder and lightning from the fans.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

Harbaugh indeed arrived as a mixture of thunder and lightning, both charming and disarming Thursday’s crowd with a mesh of motivation and eccentricity all soaked in old-school pigskin talk.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Warm temperatures allow the atmosphere to hold more humidity, and that humidity is a prerequisite for building clouds—specifically, the tall, menacing cumulonimbus clouds that produce thunder and lightning.

From National Geographic • Sep. 12, 2023

It warned of so-called dry storms - thunder and lightning without rainfall - in many parts of the country.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2023

A big burst of thunder and lightning that trampled over the roof of the house.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston