thunderhead
Example Sentences
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Once a prehistoric denizen of the deeps, it comes ashore on a tsunami tide, tall as a thunderhead, shrugging off artillery as it bellows a foghorn scream.
From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023
Like a thunderhead, the huge cloud spawned lightning strikes, worrying firefighters because of their potential to start new fires.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021
A thunderhead towers above the rising sun, and the picture turns out beautifully.
From Slate • May 11, 2015
A black grand piano hulked on one side, the heavy, distended ceiling bearing down on it ominously, like a thunderhead.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2014
Mount Elgon brooded over the town and the trees, rising to an undefined height, its profile buried in an anvil thunderhead, bathed in golden light.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
