thunder
Example Sentences
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The album started with quiet wind and then turned into a tornado of thunder and sirens, swordplay and gunfire over big horns and a funky soul backbeat.
From Los Angeles Times
Rain lashed the house, and thunder boomed again.
From Literature
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Madam Lucille thundered on as if she hadn’t heard the question.
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Boaz slid to the floor, struggling to regain his footing, at the same time that he heard a rumbling that might have passed for thunder.
From Literature
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The flash is followed by a wild wave of noise—scraping and snarling; strange thunder.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.