thunderbolt
Example Sentences
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Cameroon also fell behind, against Mozambique in Agadir, but a thunderbolt from Christian Kofane delivered a 2-1 victory.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
The attack fell like a thunderbolt on the country’s tightly knit Jewish community.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 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
I had to get Zeus’s thunderbolt back to Olympus.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
