thunder
noun
a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
were thundering
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past progressiveof thunder.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Huge amounts of water, littered with broken trees, debris and trash, were thundering down the usually serene rivers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
It came as we were thundering along the autoroute in the south of France.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2013
Pursuit planes and great transports were thundering from the west, over the same routes the destroying bombers had once followed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brigadier General Lewis A. Pick's trucks were thundering up the newly opened Ledo-Burma Road, past banners reading "Welcome Honorable Truck Convoy," "Welcome Material Help."
From Time Magazine Archive
Stan threw her bag out after her and rammed the doors shut; there was another loud BANG, and they were thundering down a narrow country lane, trees leaping out of the way.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
