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

It thunders across the yard—just a thunderhead of black robes.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz