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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 Irving, Washington

Where were the hundreds of buffalo that had been thundering over the plain?

From The Silver Canyon A Tale of the Western Plains by Hildibrand, Henri Théophile

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 Glazier, Willard W.

Finally, it occurred to him to take what troops he could gather and join Gen. Van Dorn, whose cannon had been thundering two or three miles away all this time.

From The Struggle for Missouri by McElroy, John

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 Cooke, John Esten