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How to use thunderous in a sentence

14 example sentences · adjective

Thunderous means very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury. Example: “He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion to thunderous indignation.”

Examples of thunderous by meaning

adjectiveVery loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.

  • He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion to thunderous indignation.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 85
  • Mr Quelch, with a thunderous brow, marched on.1932, Frank Richards, “The Complete Outsider”, in The Magnet
  • 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.2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport

More sentences with thunderous

  • Bursting from the inaudible chatter of many smiling faces, a thunderous voice emerges, “No Johns, son!”2009, Daniel O'hair, “A Smashing Experience”, in Jennifer Oato, editor, Klipsun Magazine, volume 40, number 1, archived from the original…. From the entry john
  • Ch'ang-ch'un docked at Pier No 1 in T'ang-ku Harbor amidst thunderous cheers and applause.1960 April 25 [1959 October 6], Sun Tu, A Brilliant Decade of Harbor Construction in Our Country, United States Joint Publications…. From the entry T'ang-ku
  • The streets were thunderous; a vast energy heaved under the universal coating of dinginess.1918, Booth Tarkington, chapter 31, in The Magnificent Ambersons, Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., page 437. From the entry dinginess
  • We were just about finished when two large ravens descended with thunderous backwings that sounded like chopper blades.2013, Kevin Hearne, Hunted: The Iron Druid Chronicles, →ISBN. From the entry backwing
  • He halfheartedly paid attention to the flurry of activity on the runway, until a thunderous round of applause suddenly broke out.2009, Linda Hudson-Smith, chapter 1, in Romancing the Runway (Kimani Romance), Washington, D.C.: Kimani Press, →ISBN. From the entry runway
  • Thunderous roars warned us that the whole ice-shelf had entered a hyperactive phase, causing hitherto safe snow-bridges to collapse all around us into their crevasses.2009, Ranulph Fiennes, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, →ISBN. From the entry ice-shelf
  • A thunderous roar swept around Emirates Stadium before it echoed to the new Rice anthem - a predictably re-worded rendition of Vanilla Ice's hit 'Ice Ice Baby'.2023 September 3, Phil McNulty, “Declan Rice: The game-changing midfielder Arsenal need for title challenge”, in BBC Sport. From the entry re-word
  • Maybe next the cloud overhead would open up and a huge cartoon hand emerge from below, pointing at him, accompanied by a thunderous, authorial voice: TOM MERCER.2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 131. From the entry epic fail
  • Whose arrival was fanfared with a rip-roarer of a belch, one of such thunderous proportions that the crystal of the chandeliers tinkled and the glass in the windows rattled.2010, Gregory Dark, Charming!, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry fanfare
  • Where Willow was thunderous and craggy, a sort of Makepeace Watermaster without a secret, Murgo writhed inside his habit like a ferret roped into a bag.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy. From the entry craggy
  • The Haunted Wood was full of the groans of mighty trees wrung in the tempest, and the air throbbed with the thunderous crash of billows on the distant shore.1915, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “A Book of Revelation”, in Anne of the Island, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, →OCLC, page 316. From the entry wring

Meaning of thunderous

  1. adjective Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.

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Questions about thunderous in a sentence

How do you use thunderous in a sentence?
Thunderous is used as an adjective. For example: “He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion to thunderous indignation.”
What is a short sentence with thunderous?
“Mr Quelch, with a thunderous brow, marched on.”
What does thunderous mean?
Thunderous means very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury.

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