thunder
noun
a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
thunders
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present tense formof thunder (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She was hauled down five-metres out, but the ball was recycled right, and centre Eve Higgins thunders over from close range.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
Another scene, in which a captured German officer demands the young private’s name and Mainwaring thunders: “Don’t tell him, Pike” is routinely voted one of Britain’s funniest TV moments.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
The secretary of state’s “silence thunders in my ears and heart,” the rabbi wrote.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023
Yet this new chamber music triptych dances more than it thunders.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Flo thunders next to us, each footstep echoing in the silence.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
