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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Where were the hundreds of buffalo that had been thundering over the plain?
From The Silver Canyon A Tale of the Western Plains by Henri Théophile Hildibrand
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
For six hours the cannon had been thundering.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
Then the days and nights thundered, as they had been thundering since the day when Grant crossed the Rapidan.
From Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee by John Esten Cooke
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
