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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I, i; for Stengel, see the De judiciis divinis, vol. ii, pp. 15-61, and especially the example of the impurus et saltator sacerdos, fulmine castratus, pp.
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson
Si non hic natibus procax malignis Foedo fulmine turpis intonasset, Unde insurgeret haec querela vindex, Docto et murmure carminis severi Dulces fortiter aggregaret iras?
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
It is not in him to ‘shake the arsenal, and fulmine over Greece.’
From The London Pulpit by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
"Ter sunt conati imponere Pelio Ossam Scilicet, atque Ossâ frondosum involvere Olympum; Ter pater exstructos dejecit fulmine montes."
From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by Hughes, John
Loiolides sanctos efflare volebat ad astra; Astra repercutiunt fulmine Loiolidem.
From What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence by Gerard, John
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