thunder
noun
a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
had been thundering
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past perfect progressiveof thunder.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Waves of storm and passion had been thundering through the house, with keen little rifts of melody between, too sweet almost to be endured.
From A Touch of Sun and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
For six hours the cannon had been thundering.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
When he flung the door to, it had closed with a spring lock, and for the last quarter of an hour three gens-d'arme, commanded by the sacristan of the tower, had been thundering thereat.
From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
While Sir Henry Clinton had been thundering in the Highlands, Burgoyne and his army had been wearing out hope within their intrenchments, vigilantly watched but unassailed by the Americans.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
The Rebel guns had been thundering so long and ceaselessly that they were now unfit for use, and ceased firing from very necessity.
From Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Willard W. Glazier
