thundercloud
noun
thunderclouds
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a variation of
thundercloud.
Example Sentences
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As the country sweltered through one of the many heatwaves of a baking summer in late June, towering thunderclouds were gathering over the south of England and across much of northern Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“High ground temperature leads to evaporation from water bodies that adds moisture to the atmosphere. The presence of aerosols due to air pollution creates favorable conditions for thunderclouds to trigger lightning activity,” Gupta said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
Later, under blackish thunderclouds, he woke me from my doze and said we’d come to an important place.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2020
It’s not reasonable that some alchemy of warm water, cool air and thunderclouds can just rear up and disrupt all human life for hundreds of miles.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2017
It was spinning out of the thunderclouds like gray spider webs and tangling against the foothills of the mountain.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
