adjective
Other Word Forms
- thunderingly adverb
- unthundering adjective
Etymology
Origin of thundering
before 1100; Middle English thundring, Old English thunring thunder. See thunder, -ing 2, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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I jump back and hide against the wall of her backyard shed, while my heart bounces around like a herd of thundering elephants.
From Literature
And before he’d known it, he was chasing a mouse across the road, and then there was a thundering crack!
From Literature
The last thing Torak saw was Wolf, the Nanuak still in his jaws, racing under the thundering snow towards the Mountain.
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The street vibrated under me, and the thundering went up my legs.
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“I hear something thundering and roaring above us! It could be a monster! Wouldn’t that be exciting?”
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