thunder
noun
a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
is thundering
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present progressiveof thunder (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“We cannot allow the train of infection that is thundering through our country to continue at its current pace,” Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told a news conference.
From Reuters ● Dec. 3, 2021
Her new novel, “God Help the Child,” is thundering off the press with 200,000 copies.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2015
The real danger is thundering through the birch behind you, unable to stop, unlikely to swerve.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2014
A railroad train is thundering through the night, between Boone, la., and Council Bluffs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although those auspices do not require any interpretation;—for who is there who is ignorant that it is impious to submit any motion to the people while it is thundering?
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
