fulmine
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of fulmine
First recorded in 1580–90, fulmine is from the Latin word fulmināre
Example Sentences
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Mors æqua expectat properans te fulmine diro.
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Such, for instance, are these lines and phrases— Altitonans Volturnus et auster fulmine pollens19.
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Si non hic natibus procax malignis Foedo fulmine turpis intonasset, Unde insurgeret haec querela vindex, Docto et murmure carminis severi Dulces fortiter aggregaret iras?
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These are his words; "In Catilianis prodigiis, Pompeiano ex municipio M. Herennius Decurio serena die, fulmine ictus est."
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Loiolides sanctos efflare volebat ad astra; Astra repercutiunt fulmine Loiolidem.
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