thunderous

Example Sentences

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So are graduates pouring out of elite colleges, joining the college-educated working class and responding with a thunderous “Union Yes”? For the most part, no.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“It’s a trailer launch? It looks like a premiere,” Villeneuve said during the event, which included a Q&A with the cast and was met by thunderous applause from the audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

It all came down to the final end but the Italians kept their nerve to edge to victory and cause a thunderous barrage of noise to roll down the wooden bleachers.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

There was nothing between Wawrinka and Fritz in the first set and they went to a tiebreak, where they exchanged a series of thunderous forehands.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

The dragon faced him—and then, in a moment of cowardice or treachery, he turned and expelled a great and thunderous fart.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz