thunder
noun
a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
had thundered
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past perfectof thunder.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“You call yourself a doctor?” he had thundered.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2010
Boies, visibly spent, reminded them that they had thundered past expectations.
From Washington Post
"It is Roger Lamy, in the flesh and standing before me," Roger's old boss had thundered tellingly to the captain of gendarmes.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in two weeks of negotiating, Lewis had thundered no heads-will-roll ultimatums.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the morning he had thundered: but this sweet afternoon seemed out of tune with threats.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
