How To Use Thunder In A Sentence

The forecasts have been asking us to watch out for thunderclouds and thundershowers for a long while now.
The thundering lauwine — might be worshipped more; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
There was thunder too and lightning and in places rain. Bomber
Typical mesocyclonic tornadoes are caused by intense thunderstorms with appropriate vertical and directional wind shear. The Volokh Conspiracy » Pathogens in Harm’s Way:
They shoot up from the tops of thunderstorms about the same moment lightning discharges within the storm cloud.

About 7 o'clock tonight, we had a whopping great thunderstorm with accompanying light show, and the flipping garage got flooded again!
That's the forecast for the forecastable future -- showers and thundershowers as the warm and sun suck moisture out of our sodden lebensraum and turn it back into clouds. Showers
The first was that, though the sea was indeed rough, there was little rain, and the air lacked the clammy humidity of a thunderstorm.
A watercolour by Thundersley-born artist Richard Sorrell has made the collection.
Folks may crow all they want about the roar of Niagara or the growlin’ of the sea—but give me a splendacious peal o’ stormbrewed thunder and your other nat’ral music is no more than a penny whistle is to a church organ! Nevermore
The thunder scared the children.
She climbed into the jungle gym for the drizzle had quickly changed into a large thunder storm.
When you shut up your eyes , I like a duck in a thunderstorm . I can but stop and wait beside you whisht .
There should be plenty of thunder left in the powerful arms and lower body he has developed since arriving in America as an underfed teenager with bright eyes and a voracious appetite for success.
The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
The child was frightened to death by the violent thunderstorm.
The news on the TV screen had a surge of static and a loud noise simultaneously thundered throughout the colony.
There was a strained silence for a while and then in the distance there was a clap of thunder.
Thus, among many of the tribes the sun is wakanda — not _the_ wakanda or _a_ wakanda, but simply wakanda; and among the same tribes the moon is wakanda, and so is thunder, lightning, the stars, the winds, the cedar, and various other things; even The Siouan Indians
They sat in a thoughtful moment before a boom of thunder sounded and Jane jumped.
It is early evening, but the sky is prematurely dark; thunderheads have blocked the last rays of the sun.
The organist was a slightish man, white-haired, who seemed to hover in the alcove, his back to the audience, wizardly in his very smallness, and he hit the thunder pedal just as a figure on the screen drew back cowering from some danger above, and laughter swept the auditorium. Underworld
She had been gone about an hour, when the sky suddenly darkened, the wind rose and the thunder rolled in prelude to the storm. The Hidden Hand
This ought to have been fine - if Phaethon had not been like a rock-star's child with a new red Ferrari, scorching off the track, shrivelling crops, turning forest to desert, doubtless melting ice-caps if the Greeks had known about ice-caps, and only stopping when Zeus called a halt with a well-aimed world-saving thunderbolt. Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG:
Down the spiral path of the pit they bore him, encircling the sheening, glowing Red One that seemed ever imminent to iridesce from colour and light into sweet singing and thunder. THE RED ONE
Meanwhile, Robert Downey, Jr. declines an offer to do Arctic Thunder in blackened face. The Volokh Conspiracy » Iceland Jokes
With inebriated puppets and an eerie soundtrack, consider it a shoddier predecessor to Thunderbirds. 2009 June : Scrubbles.net
Deep growls and explosions thundered through the air as clouds of black volcanic ash coated the surroundings.
But the most haunting of all the melodies is the warbling laughter of the Tulameen; its delicate note is far more powerful, more far-reaching than the throaty thunders of Niagara. Legends of Vancouver
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Monday, August 3 Yesterday was grey and humid with the heat finally broken by an afternoon thundershower. 52449_CLARA
The guns of the Thunder Child sounded through the reek, going off one after the other, and one shot splashed the water high close by the steamer, ricocheted towards the other flying ships to the north, and smashed a smack to matchwood. The War of The Worlds
There is additional shower and thundershower activity to our north that may swing this direction heading into tonight. Quieter night ahead, still more rain for some
However, after a little, the raft glided into open air and I saw before me a wide valley, whereinto the river fell with a noise like the rolling of thunder and a swiftness as the rushing of the wind. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Right now, the weather is great, but in the afternoon, they're concerned that these thunderstorms are going to move in, these so - called anvil clouds, which could contain rain or lightning, which could dangerous for the shuttle to launch. CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2006
My unmarried survey respondents seem to understand that friendship is the basis of a good marriage even as they hold out for chemistry and thunderbolts and soulmates.
There wasn't any thunder or lightning, just rain, but it was quite a tempest nonetheless.
Winter had been long months in riveting them, and not in a day were they to be broken, not even by the thunderbolt of spring. Chapter VIII
Thunder roared in the distance, and reality slapped me straight in the face.
The sun is finally out in Calgary, and despite a quick thunderstorm this afternoon, things seem to be drying out.
The patch - painted to depict a North American Indian mythical half-eagle, half-hawk thunderbird - is hallowed ground.
Some of these songs have a varying beat and indications of some intelligent musicianship, not like the penetrating bass that thunders out from cars and flats wherever you go.
Winds became gales and a thunderstorm suddenly appeared out of nowhere pouring sheets of raindrops.
He sends in a message on a piece of loo roll (honestly, it's true) suggesting he had tried the sandwich and ‘I'm still in here (the thunderbox)!’
Then Plenorius gat his horse, and came with a spear in his hand walloping toward Sir Launcelot; and then they began to feutre their spears, and came together as thunder, and smote either other so mightily that their horses fell down under them. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1
We could not talk above the roaring thunder of machines making material.
Soon, the thunderbolt arrived in the form of another news flash that legal battles could not be fought by anyone on matter relating to the emergency.
What a wonderful place the city had been to leave, as I looked down at it through the free and lucid air, the plane pitching in the thunderstorm which loomed as usual over Kenscoff.
The Chorus also recalls how Bacchus' mother, a mortal woman, was killed after she was tragically struck by Zeus' thunderbolt.
Jenny shouted with a voice of thunder that shook the air in a composed earthquake.
Half a dozen creatures'manlike except for the snakiest necks either had ever seen-came thundering along the corridor, waving spears and shouting. Fortress Of Frost And Fire
DALLAS -- Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, knotting the Western Conference finals at one game each. Thunder Beat Mavericks 106-100, Tie Series At 1
The textures of thunder eggs can vary from distinctly radiating fibrous textures to cryptocrystalline aggregates that preserve the structure of the original rhyolite.
Twice in the first five minutes of the second half he launched thunderbolts towards James.
It is actually the possession and retreat of a thundering absolute crocodile.
And, as if it to prove a point, he shepherded us to the top deck for an aerial, whistle-stop tour of the city away from the thundering road drills.
The thundering guitars, melodic vocals and poetic lyrics seemed to transcend classification.
The loud thunderous music blaring from the beach nearby remained passive to the girl's ears, as she sat deep in thought.
Perhaps I am a farmer myself — an innocent colonus; and instead of being able to get to church with my family, have to see squadrons of French dragoons thundering upon my barley, and squares of English infantry forming and trampling all over my oats. Roundabout Papers
Count the seconds between the lightning and the thunder, each second represents 300 m distance from the thunderstorm.
It might have been naval guns, or mines, or bombs, or even thunder.
When Julius entered, Michelangelo - like Zeus with his thunderbolts - hurled planks from the scaffolding down at the Holy Father, routing him from the chapel.
Now there's a girl who knows how to dress for an event without stealing the bride's thunder.
“Hold your fire, you gudgeons!” he thundered, bounding over the debris toward the direction of the sound of yet another snarl and breaking glass. Sexy Beast IV
The lord of the white alicorn was the first to rise from his seat; there was lightning in his gaze and thunder in his voice as he addressed, not Kyrtian, but his cousin. Elvenborn
When he was in Hesse he approached the town of Geismar and came upon a oak tree sacred to Thor, the German god of thunder.
n. - morbid fear of thunder and lightning. astringe v. - bind; brace; restrict; constipate. v. - guide (spaceship, etc.); v.i. navigate in space. astrogony Xml's Blinklist.com
The afternoon thunderstorm has arrived, generated by strong onshore breezes at the end of a day of harsh tropical sunshine.
The intense thunderstorm will quench the fires before they become wildfires and will dislodge the weaker numbers and prepare them for the next fire.
As I type, an angry thunderstorm is rolling across the skies and the rain is lashing down onto the scorched pavements; now gently steaming.
The shrill whine and unbearable thunder of falling bombs dug in under my skin and stayed there.
The three brothers became the blacksmiths of the Olympian gods, creating Zeus' thunderbolts, Poseidon's trident.
We just stand there, listening to the thundering surf.
The river thundered below
Everything you want to know about the coatless guy battling the thundersnow for a scoop of pistachio. Read this: Sundance It Girl Brit Marling, Ice Cream Man, Mike Pence, Jay Carney
From the columns of The Manchester Guardian Lawrence fulminated against the evils of his time; from the pages of The Skilled Labourer the couple thundered against the evils of the past.
For example, following the lyric ‘thunder that roared out a warning,’ a thunderclap is heard on the track.
Karen was totally thunderstruck at her husband's attitude.
All you manage to see is a little flicker of light, following by a throaty rumble of thunder.
I only had to look at Katie's thunderous expression to realize she'd not had a good day.
A clap of thunder echoes around the sky and an icy, howling wind picks up. The Sun
The former must explain how thunderbots are transmuted into sharp pieces of silex., the latter how 'natural stones, rocks, and minerals [...] grow in the earth'. Stone Tools and Arguments Against Design
The telephone's influence is so pervasive that only when things go wrong with the technology - for example, a thunderstorm renders it inoperative - do our problem of isolation becomes apparent.
This was a powerful weather front that also unleashed tremendous thunderstorms, hail and wind that damaged buildings. Times, Sunday Times
In particular, one very strong supercell thunderstorm moved southeastward across portions of Stanley, Jones, and Lyman counties. Hailaceous: South Dakota hailstone breaks record
He said that it had been pouring with rain, there were thunder storms, and the tents designed for desert use were leaking and soaking wet through.
On the religious side all that they have had is the occasional itinerant preacher, thundering at them of the wrath of God; and on the cultural what Aunt Dalmanutha calls the "pindling" district school. Sight to the Blind
'How dare you speak tome like that?' he thundered.
In the metamorphosed Thunderhead Sandstone it was found that at the staurolite isograd, the boundary between the garnet and staurolite zones, the mineral chlorite disappears from the rocks and muscovite decreases sharply, whereas staurolite appears and biotite becomes more abundant. Ken Miller in Cleveland: WEBCAST ARCHIVE URLS - The Panda's Thumb
There was thunder and lightning and it was freezing cold. Times, Sunday Times
Then up went the window and out went the bundle as the train thundered through the night.
The mist had become a great white luminous cloud -- not dense and alabastrine, like the clouds of thunder; but filmy, tender, comparable to the atmosphere of Dante's moon. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series
Sluiter contained him in the first set as Mirnyi peppered the court with thundering serves and deep ground strokes.
To study Wang Zuoliang's translation version of Thunderstorm with the guidance of Relevance-Adaptation Model, it is easy to find out some authentic and unauthentic translation examples.
The start was not auspicious as an earlier thunderstorm had given way to threatening clouds.
He looked at it suspiciously, and as he grabbed for it, the thunder only began to clamor loudly, sending more rain to beat down on the mansion.
By the end of the day, summer thunder would peal through dry mountain canyons, shaking the land down to its granite bones. DESERT RAIN
She is fire in his blood, and a thunder of trumpets; her voice is beyond all music in his ears; and she can shake his soul that else stands steadfast in the draughty presence of the Titans of the Light and of the Dark. Chapter 21
Then God sent down on him and on the stubborn unbelievers with him a thunderblast from the heavens of His power, which destroyed them all with a mighty clamour, and neither he nor any of his company set eyes on the city. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III
The god of storm and thunder, Thor was a mighty fighter.
This is the best time to avoid turbulence either from possible thunderstorms or heat convection from the sun.
We ran for the exit, the sound of feet thundering behind us.
Mauve scabious and darker purple knapweed wave their heads in the aftermath of a summer thunderstorm. Butterflies: out of the blue
The obnoxious tick of the clock clicked annoyingly over the thunder itself.
If there was a screaming Muslim mob underneath his bedroom window trying to batter down his front door and he lobbed a thunderflash into the middle of them the chance of innocent suffering would have been exceedingly small. Racist Sentencing: BNP Bombers Get Off Lightly
The audience loaded the champion with thunderous applause.
The waves thundered against the rock.
According to officials of the weather department, parts of the city and suburbs will experience thundershowers and heavy rains during the next two days.
Let us wipe off the sweat of youth and stride forward,listening to the spring thunder throughout the journey! Outside the school gate what is greeting us is a glorious future.
A bright fork of lightning struck the clouds ahead, and the outburst of thunder was deafening.
There were hailstones, rarely heard loud thunder, lightning, strong gusty winds and sheets of rain.
The Waterford keeper advanced from his line to spectacularly parry Holt's thunderous shot from 18 yards before the ball had been hacked to safety.
We could hear the rumble of distant thunder.
It's these tiniest details - the uneasy click of indeterminable percussion, the distant half-heard rumble of thunder from a distance - that make this music so worth hearing.
The call wailed to Theor through the Orgover thunders and the drumplay ashore. Three Worlds To Conquer
In the metamorphosed Thunderhead Sandstone it was found that at the staurolite isograd, the boundary between the garnet and staurolite zones, the mineral chlorite disappears from the rocks and muscovite decreases sharply, whereas staurolite appears and biotite becomes more abundant. Ken Miller in Cleveland: WEBCAST ARCHIVE URLS - The Panda's Thumb
Crooked fingers of lightning nearly lit the sky afire, and the thunder crackled like shots from a cannon.
Of course it's what one's used to, I know, and there are plenty of people not willing to put up with the dry skin that the climate brings, not to mention the thundering nor'westers that are likewise a feature of Cannerbury.
A thundering clang reverberated around the catwalk.
"Get your scone down, you drongo!" someone yelled at me, and the boom thundered over my head.
In revenge, Apollo killed the Cyclopes that forged Zeus' thunderbolts.
Convection cells on Earth cause thermals, breezes, thunderstorms and other weather patterns.
Sea:/Listen .../hi (s e) ternal ... thunder — everlastingly. Sounding Romantic: The Sound of Sound
Thunder rumbles because we hear sound waves from different parts of a jagged lightning stroke.
There's also a reference to what they call a miraculous event that occurred during the weekend after Terri's feeding tube was removed and -- "Which fundamentally alters the manner in which Terri's claims are to be viewed by the federal courts when Congress, in bipartisan and dramatic fashion, thundered the message that the United States of America must stand for life, accuracy and fairness and in the process afforded an incapacitated woman," that apparently a reference, that miracle reference apparently to Barbara Weller, a lawyer who happens to be a friend of the parents, who said over the weekend that Terri Schiavo apparently tried to mouth the words "I want to live. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2005
The train thundered out of the station.
He ate him, and slept upon the mastabah, and the noise from his throat was like thunder. Nights 537-566. The Third Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea.
Expect thunder, expect lightning, expect country and blues and rock and expect him to offer the unexpected, too.
Mexico, how identical in shape and size with the protuberance of Africa just opposite, and how the protuberance of the Venezuelan and Brazilian coast fits in with the in-curve of Africa: so that it is obvious to me -- it is quite _obvious_ -- that they once were one; and one night rushed so far apart; and the wild Atlantic knew that thing, and ran gladly, hasting in between: and how if eye of flesh had been there to see, and ear to hear that cruel thundering, my God, my God -- what horror! The Purple Cloud
It has not all been plain sailing with some intense rain and thunderstorms. Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly, I heard the sound of thunder booming all about outside.
Where in thunder is she?" growled Tom, walking off in high dudgeon. An Old-Fashioned Girl
Similarly, neither the Titans nor Dionysos are destroyed or annihilated by Zeus' thunderbolt; they, as Chaos, persist.
With a very moist air mass ahead of this from the Gulf of Mexico, an eastwards moving line of severe thunderstorms was generated across the Mississippi Valley. Weatherwatch: Blizzards in Bucharest, tornadoes in Arkansas
Quite a few of them would have dreamed about sinking into the low saddle of a Harley Davidson chopper and thundering off with the feet resting up front and the hands on high handlebars.
That way, you'll know it wasn't fording the raging river, or facing down the grizzly, or surviving the thunderstorm that left you a little changed.
Connor Campbell thundered a 25-yard shot against the bar and substitute Michael Sanderson lashed the rebound into the net.
There will be thundery showers for the next 36 hours, especially in the east.
Rather than a big-screen revival, Thundercats is returning as a new, weekly animated series from the makers of the new Batman cartoons is promised to be 'grittier', which hopefully means that Snarf dies in the first episode. THUNDERCATS to return
There was a crack of sharp thunder as the bullets plunged from their silver caves, and a shower of shells fell to the ground simultaneously.
The weather that night was hot and close, with a hint of thunder in the distance.
And passing HCR may rob just a little thunder from the continued call to revolt from the right. Think Progress » Ed Schultz Tells Robert Gibbs He’s ‘Full Of Sh*t’ And ‘You’re Losing Your Base’
That look inspired the same feelings as a thunderhead on the horizon-fear and anticipation.
They say that it is from the Dutch word donder (= thunder). Chapter 2. The Beginnings of American. 2. Sources of Early Americanisms
In a rare moment in the Arizona desert it poured, thunder crashed, and lighting flashed.
Overhead in the darkening sky, the gathering thunderclouds rumbled a warning.
Toure, with the entire goal at his mercy, thunders the ball against the bar.
Tonight: Shower and isolated thundershower chances continue, but diminish from west to east between about 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. Forecast: Warm & a bit showery to start week
a cessation of the thunder
They were, however, equipped with a wooden W.C. or ‘thunderbox’.
hear the rolling thunder
No sooner were we in bed when there was an almighty thunderclap and the heavens opened up and of course it sounded very loud on the tin roof.
The sweltering conditions will run into the middle of next week with the addition of the odd thunderstorm.
The picture of him limned itself on her inner vision, and before she was aware she was pleasuring in the memory of the grace of his magnificent body, of his splendid shoulders, of the power in him that tossed her lightly on a horse, bore her safely through the thundering breakers, or towed her at the end of an alpenstock up the stern lava crest of the House of the Sun. ALOHA OE
Like Marshall, Lee is a different character out on the pitch where he hurls down his thunderbolts with a fearsome accuracy and hostility to take a wicket every 32 balls, one of the best strike rates ever.
When he reached the top, a thunderous cheer went up.
At that moment I saw the two Thunderbolts flying ahead of them and I reported bandits approaching.
He conjured up a vision of this strange forgotten kink in the world's littoral, of the long meandering channels that spread and divaricate and spend their burden of mud and silt within the thunderbelt of Atlantic surf, of the dense tangled vegetation that creeps into the shimmering water with root and sucker. Tono Bungay
These thunderstorms often produce heavy precipitation, which can cause soil erosion.
His description of how he watched helplessly as one of the deadly missiles thundered towards him makes chilling reading.
The wrestling could have been a washout as the rain reached comical proportions and just kept going, with the occasional long brattle of thunder thrown in, but a dense crowd gathered under brollies to watch competitions of the highest quality and intensity.
On Saturday at 3 p.m. in France, nearly a quarter of a million fans will stand trackside at the Circuit de la Sarthe, the iconic road course near the city of Le Mans, to witness the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and its thunderclap of engines. French Speed vs. German Muscle
Michaels barked, pounding out crisp sharp words that so thundered with command that even the untrained and deaf would jump to obey.
The allusion to clouds is anything but fortuitous, emphasizing as it does the link between the sound of drums and thunder.
We clawed our way up a high mountain ridge covered in fine, shifting talus and on the far side got caught in a thunderstorm.
What he saw was the thunder-lights lifting, and the bells pealing an urgent carillon as the glittering gold ship was spotted.
That night it stormed again and in the morning they set out through the driving rain, though the thunder and lightning had stopped.
Stephen: Wow, you look like a drowned rat! Didn't you know there's a thunderstorm today?
The sudden thunderstorm broke at approximately 4.30 pm caused flooding of up to two feet in some areas.
For a desert people winds, rain, thunder, lightening, hurricanes, thunderbolts, whirlwinds, and other meteorological phenomena held tremendous fascination.
A weather warning remained in place throughout the day with heavy showers and more thunderstorms expected. Times, Sunday Times
Quick downpours from summer thunderstorms can cause flash floods anywhere.
He snorted, lowered his head dangerously, made a feint charge at it; thundered to ano ther halt. SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND
The politician thundered at the government's plans.
They made a dramatic entrance to thunderous music and suddenly the hall was full of giant devils, spiders, dragons and other figures.
I tracked a deer last week shot with a 100gn thunderhead. Well i field tested 4 different broad heads in the last three days with the help of my brother and two of my cousins we have so
Let the sky rain potatoes; let it thunder to the tune of 'Greensleeves'; hail kissing-comfits and snow eringoes; let there come a tempest of provocation, I will shelter me here. The Merry Wives of Windsor
The six giant grey cattle thundered along the embankment, their nostrils jetting steam in the cold air of a Hungarian autumn morning.
But one alarm clock, boom of thunder, or shout in the street later and your one true love is gone forever.
Try riding around Woolwich with juggernauts thundering along and get the feel of real danger.
After staggering about under this intense thunderclap of irony, we moved.
Mthethwa said this system caused thunderstorm conditions, and this is what had resulted in hail on the highveld.
The winged crocodile was kicked into the closet, after it were hurled the thunder machine and the lightning torch, and after them clattered the cups and the silver rundlet. The Dragon of Wantley His Tale
Everyone seems oblivious to the rain falling from a worryingly thunderous sky, a mere inconvenience to this hardy bunch.
He came to the fore with a thundering and prescient prediction of the break-up of Britain, coinciding with the Silver Jubilee.
The result was a thundering clout behind the right ear.
It represented one continued clap of thunder '. REBELS AND REDCOATS: The American Revolutionary War
God takes up the argument begun by Elihu (who came nearest to the truth) and prosecutes it in inimitable words, excelling his, and all other men's, in the loftiness of the style, as much as thunder does a whisper. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
I was in great surprise at seeing the mouth of Unknown, so much surpassing in horror the jaws of upper Hell, I could hear a prodigious noise of arms, and loud discharges from one side, answered by what seemed to be hoarse thunders from the other; the rocks of Death, meanwhile, rebellowing the tumult. The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell
A loose travelling circus built around a nine-piece band, the Rolling Thunder Revue sucked any number of guests into its orbit as it worked its way around the American north-east.
On Wednesday, a line of supercell thunderstorms moved eastwards over Germany and Austria, then continued across the Czech Republic and Poland overnight. Weatherwatch: global round-up
The recent thunder and lightning storm was the worst of its kind seen in the area for many years.
It would all have been so different if Dudgeon's side-on volley on the stroke of half-time from a Dunning corner had gone an inch lower instead of thundering into the crossbar.
The conjecture is confirmed by the name thunder-besom which is applied to mistletoe in the Swiss canton of Aargau, for the epithet clearly implies a close connexion between the parasite and the thunder; indeed The Golden Bough
One night I heard the sound of thunder rolling in my direction.
Go back and read your verse!" thundered the young theologue. Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life,
More than half the rain falls in the wet season from June through September and is associated with thundershowers, squalls, and tropical cyclones.
'Professor Palafox/the maestro thundered,' usury is usury and we inust allow the merchants of Antwerp no Mexican loophole through which they can defile the law of the church. ' Mexico
This thunderous indifference goes deeper still: sales of verse are pitiful. Times, Sunday Times
Apocalyptic thunderstorms bookend the show, the first one orphaning a distinctly strange group of kids.

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