thunderbolt
Example Sentences
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A first-half thunderbolt from Ghana striker Koenigsdoerffer put Hamburg on track for a 2-0 victory at Heidenheim.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
While sticking Cillo into a varsity game would attract a thunderbolt of attention, Clark has been waiting for an appropriate moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
For me, it was a thunderbolt of thrill followed by pure abject terror that we might disappoint or “not have something good for her.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
The higher-for-longer inflation predicament has hit the U.S. housing market like a thunderbolt.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024
The defeat hit the German people like a thunderbolt.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
