thunderstroke
Example Sentences
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"It is one of the mysteries of nature," he said in 1906, after his favorite daughter Susy died of meningitis at 24, "that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunderstroke like that and live."
From Time Magazine Archive
Like the Marne, it represents the checkmate of a supreme effort on the part of the Germans to end the war swiftly by a thunderstroke.
From World's War Events, Vol. II by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
Tempest and thunderstroke, With whirlwinds dipped in midnight at the core, Have torn strange furrows through your forest cloak, And made your hollow gorges clash and roar, And scarred your brows in vain.
From Alcyone by Lampman, Archibald
To her hearer the final phrase was like a thunderstroke.
From Demos by Gissing, George
It had been almost silent along the lines when the enemy's batteries opened fire with one enormous thunderstroke, which was followed by continuous salvos.
From Now It Can Be Told by Gibbs, Philip
