thunder

Example Sentences

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“I hear something thundering and roaring above us! It could be a monster! Wouldn’t that be exciting?”

From Literature

I was sound asleep when the storm broke and I was awakened by an earth-jarring clap of thunder that all but turned my bed over.

From Literature

The trolls snored like thunder, and their stench only got worse through the night.

From Literature

The rich Redfellows get dispatched one by one in scenes that are fun but empty — neither cathartic nor comic, simply boxes to be checked off to great big poundings of thunder and harpsichords.

From Los Angeles Times

It was like the wildest storm, when wind and rain crash and great surf waves thunder, except that the wind, the rain, and the waves were all made of fire.

From Literature