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

"I wanted to come and imagine where each of them was sitting," she explained, gesturing to different points on the ground as traffic thunders by.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2023

Which creature could be found “below the thunders of the upper deep,” according to a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2023

My heart thunders in my chest as our eyes lock.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell