Word Finder - thundering

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To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.

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It thundered continuously.

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To make a noise like thunder.

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The train thundered along the tracks.

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To talk with a loud, threatening voice.

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To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.

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"Get back to work at once!", he thundered.

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To produce something with incredible power

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Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.

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Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.

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Very great; extraordinary.

The thundering machines sputtered and stopped.

He needed distance in order to maintain control of the emotions thundering through him.

The fishermen say that the "thundering of the pond" scares the fishes and prevents their biting.

Needless to say, she got much deserved thundering applause for her performance.

Every minute, 150 million liters of thundering water pour over the falls that give the town its name.

Commodus, who was with his father when he died, erected to his memory the Antonine column (now in the Piazza Colonna at Rome), round the shaft of which are sculptures in relief commemorating the miracle of the Thundering Legion and the various victories of Aurelius over the Quadi and the Marcomanni.

Dacier, however, and others who adhere to the Christian view of the miracle, admit that the appellation of "Thundering" or "Lightning" (KEpavv000Xos, or KepavvoOpos) was given to the legion because there was a figure of lightning on their shields.

The reporter waxed lyrical; At morning and evening you may hear and see train wagons thundering along through these handsome sheds.

Cross the Continental Divide and behold incomparable vistas of lush meadows, alpine glaciers, and thundering waterfalls.

Amplifier (Barfly Stage) More grinding, power chords and thundering rhythm from the Manchester 3 piece.

A first ever fourth-round appearance had stirred the locals in this charming spa town more used to thundering hooves than thunderous volleys.

Cross the Continental Divide and behold incomparable vistas of lush meadows, Alpine glaciers, and thundering waterfalls.

The functions of the different parts of the human body were explained minutely with Latin words of thundering sound.

This triumph was universally considered at the time, and for long afterwards, to have been a miracle, and bore the title of "The Miracle of the Thundering Legion."

He was commonly compared to Olympian Zeus, partly because of his serene and dignified bearing, partly by reason of the majestic roll of the thundering eloquence, with its bold poetical imagery, with which he held friend and foe spellbound.

But the rumble of the machinery made me think it was thundering, and I began to cry, because I feared if it rained we should not be able to have our picnic out of doors.