Example Sentences

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With thunderclouds rolling in, McCormick suggested I get in touch with Kersti Muul, who has been tracking a pair of merlins in my part of the city, West Seattle.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

Dread began seeping into our hearts as Saturday’s sun disappeared behind thunderclouds and lightning ripped the sky.

From Washington Post • May 24, 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

One set of landscapes shows the sublime, such as Joseph Mallord William Turner’s etching of the Scottish Highlands with roiling thunderclouds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2018

Sky darkened by thunderclouds, hundred-foot pines close to the road, heavy evergreen.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin