Thunderous

//ˈθʌn.dɚ.əs//

"Thunderous" in a Sentence (15 examples)

The soprano received thunderous applause for her performance.

The drumming of his fingers was thunderous to Alicia's sensitive ears.

Yanni heard a loud thunderous cracking.

A thunderous shot rattled the crossbar.

The lion gives a thunderous roar.

I restrained myself from bursting into thunderous laughter.

Mary rose from her seat and walked on stage to thunderous applause.

Amid thunderous applause, Mary rose from her seat and walked on stage.

The speech was met with thunderous applause.

The lion let out a thunderous roar.

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But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion to thunderous indignation.

Mr Quelch, with a thunderous brow, marched on.

I remember the sudden drop in the note of the station bell, as we roar through, perhaps with 16 coaches; sweep up to milepost 9½, and then, with increasing thunder from the exhaust, fairly rush the fells at Milnthorpe at the foot of the climb to Grayrigg, until the steady thunderous beat re-echoes past Mosedale Hall, still at 40 m.p.h.

After the hour mark, events in Manchester were almost becoming a distraction such was the thunderous cheer from the United fans to greet QPR taking their unlikely lead against City.

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