Example Sentences

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He’s quick to slide his board into one of the glassy tubes, gliding out before the wave thunders down onto the reef, a monstrous spray of lapping white froth raining down behind him.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024

The secretary of state’s “silence thunders in my ears and heart,” the rabbi wrote.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2023

“Never darken my door again!” he thunders old-fashionedly, as though he’s subconsciously aware that the writers Kirsi Vikman and Jimmy Karlsson are drawing on centuries of love stories about savage men and civilizing women.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2023

“America, you are too arrogant,” he thunders, overcoming his inner censor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2023

My heart thunders loudly in my ears, my palms cold and sweaty.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung