thunderpeal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thunderpeal
Example Sentences
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A loud thunderpeal caused the mountains to tremble.
From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
A red flash darted into their midst, and loud rolled the thunderpeal immediately overhead.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
Then a flash and a loud thunderpeal made her start, and her face blanched, and she hid it in the ample cloak, and cowered down in mortal dread.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
What could it mean, that low, deep, long-continued thunderpeal?
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Gordon Stables
It grew warm rapidly; clouds overspread the sky; a thunderpeal rumbled suddenly.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
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