fulmine
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of fulmine
First recorded in 1580–90, fulmine is from the Latin word fulmināre
Example Sentences
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Intenm tamen Episcopi, anathematis fulmine terribiles, alios in suam potestatem redegerunt, alios furibunda sæuitia id temporis persecuti sunt.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard
Such, for instance, are these lines and phrases— Altitonans Volturnus et auster fulmine pollens19.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
Next in place, next in miseries and discontents, in all manner of hair-brain actions, are great men, procul a Jove, procul a fulmine, the nearer the worse.
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
Si non hic natibus procax malignis Foedo fulmine turpis intonasset, Unde insurgeret haec querela vindex, Docto et murmure carminis severi Dulces fortiter aggregaret iras?
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Inde aliae tempestates ventique secuntur, altitonans Volturnus et auster fulmine pollens.
From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.
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