Example Sentences

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Given the stakes, a cagey start would have been excused, but these old rivals had other ideas during a thunderously captivating first half.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The music is thunderously loud and, in large patches, surprisingly earnest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

With Wilson on stage, seated at a piano, and Parks in the audience, the crowd roared thunderously as a song cycle that had become nearly mythical in its absence was finally unveiled.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

Chesnoff is shown in court thunderously defending Durst to the jury, saying that the theory that Berman posed as Kathie Durst “was spun from whole cloth.”

From New York Times • May 12, 2024

Viola mooed thunderously, apparently upset at having her milking abruptly halted right after it began.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull