thunderclap

Example Sentences

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Jack Dempsey was a human thunderclap, but hardly alone in that.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

"On paper, this was another thunderclap quarter. And yet the stock dipped. The market is no longer pricing growth. It is pricing perpetuity."

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

His chapters end with a wink as often as a thunderclap.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

He remains a thunderclap from the baseline, but has options other than ferocious groundstrokes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 7, 2025

I watched him pushing out his lips, trying to gather back his pride, his anger, all that thunderclap he’d first come striding in here with.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd