[
UK
/θˈʌndəɹɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈθəndɝɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈθəndɝɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
extraordinarily big or impressive
the thundering silence of what was left unsaid
a thundering success -
sounding like thunder
the thundering herd
How To Use thundering In A Sentence
- The thundering lauwine — might be worshipped more; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- We just stand there, listening to the thundering surf.
- 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
- Sluiter contained him in the first set as Mirnyi peppered the court with thundering serves and deep ground strokes.
- We ran for the exit, the sound of feet thundering behind us.