thunderbolt

Example Sentences

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That’s why the revision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of its advisory on vaccines and autism struck like a thunderbolt, and not in a good way.

From Los Angeles Times

“The storm built up, and built up and built up. The American Indian Movement was simply the thunderbolt.”

From Seattle Times

One morning I walked out of the abbey, and it hit me like a thunderbolt: “Where am I? Where have I been? I’ve been somewhere that I want to get back to.”

From New York Times

He’s knocked out by Alana, instantly smitten, a thunderbolt moment that Anderson memorializes with a prodigious tracking shot that gets both the camera and the story’s juices going.

From New York Times

Moments later, a thunderbolt struck the spot where power lines entered the home.

From Washington Post