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thundering

[thuhn-der-ing] / ˈθʌn dər ɪŋ /










ADJECTIVE
thunderous
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As he dominated center stage, the thundering chorus of his speeches — “I am … somebody” — inspired his followers even as it sometimes sounded like a painful plea.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

“It was raining straight down, it was thundering and it was 27 degrees,” he said, recalling watching the storm early Sunday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

This city may be small, but in 1926 it became immortal, the place where a fiesta, thundering hooves, and a novel collided to shape modern legend.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

From the thundering beats to the infectious energy of the crowd, every moment served as an in-your-face reminder that music shapes, inspires, and unites.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

It was not without a certain wild pleasure I ran before the wind, delivering my trouble of mind to the measureless air-torrent thundering through space.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë