Thunders
[θʌndəz]
Examples
- It was the law of my fathers, said Rebecca; it was delivered in thunders and in storms upon the mountain of Sinai, in cloud and in fire. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- On either side of the peninsula the Atlantic in varying mood lies extended in summer sunshine, or from its shroud of mist thunders o n the black cliffs and their time-sculptured sandstones. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The carriage thunders past, but what do I see, or fancy I see, as it rushes by? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- By a thousand Thunders, you shall see me again! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Here roared no utterance of Rome's thunders, no blasting of the breath of her displeasure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was therefore especially gratified in August, 1881, at th e thunders of applause which greeted his appearance at the International Medical Congress in L ondon. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the deepest calm their leaves are never quite hushed, and in high wind a flood rushes, a sea thunders above you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then come drums, trumpets, thunders of artillery, and groans of the dying, and at last, in a grand triumphal swell, God Save the King is performed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Vance