How to Use thunderous in a Sentence

thunderous

adjective
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Synonyms for thunderousnext
  • The audience responded with thunderous applause.
  • That was when Watson heard the noise—first the scrape, and then a thunderous boom.
    — Longreads, 5 Sep. 2023
  • In a video of the speech, thunderous applause can be heard.
    — Jacob Henry, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2022
  • House gambles for a steal on the perimeter and takes it coast to coast for a thunderous jam.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
  • With thunderous praise, the group lets go of all its tribulations and thanks to the Creator across the 12 tracks.
    — Yolanda Baruch, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In the white-walled halls of a Florida art fair, a thunderous bam!
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • No surprise, the toast and Ryan both got a thunderous round of applause.
    — The Editors, Town & Country, 6 June 2023
  • At the end of the video, the two shared a wholesome hug to thunderous audience applause.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Owen Walsh ignited his team and the crowd with a thunderous slam.
    — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 29 May 2022
  • Every so often, a thunderous smack echoed from the grass in front of them, louder than the rest.
    — oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Gorgeously shot, the sound mix is thunderous & the cast all shines.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 July 2022
  • Aurelien Tchouameni put France on the board first with a thunderous strike in the 17th minute.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The boos from the Yankees fans are thunderous, and the cheers are almost as loud when Lindor lets a strike go past.
    — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Wiggins, the first screener in the series, then rolled to the rim and threw down a thunderous alley-oop off Green’s pass.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Son of the Century is the tale of how democracy can die to the sound of such thunderous applause.
    — Anna Momigliano, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2022
  • A second later, the 23 children jolted from one side to the other at the sound of a thunderous crash.
    — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Eyes widened, bodies turned, and the space rang with thunderous applause.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Two and a half hours later, the film received a thunderous ovation.
    — A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • On Monday, two thunderous blasts shattered the morning calm on the Black Sea.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023
  • Mathurin caught the alley-oop and threw down a thunderous two-handed jam while roaring to the crowd.
    — James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2022
  • Of course, the thunderous homer became the chatter of the day among the players and parents gathered throughout Praught-Bunker Fields.
    — Matt Benedetti, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The place erupted in a thunderous roar when Manny Machado hit a solo home run to give San Diego the lead in the first inning.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The thunderous applause gave way to polite claps as Christie replaced him behind the lectern.
    — Kara Voght, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • The thunderous drums and cymbals that announce the beginning and end of movements.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The other captains fired their guns thirteen times each in salute—a thunderous clapping, a trail of smoke fading in the sky.
    — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But in 1973, Lusky was just a tiny part of the thunderous Secretariat-mania that swept the country.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Rain intensifies from a light spit to a thunderous clatter as the road winds towards the dense clouds.
    — Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The lock played 61 times for Scotland and was famed for his crunching tackles and thunderous carries.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The sound of cow bells echoing off the surrounding mountains was thunderous.
    — George Steinmetz Catherine Porter, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Cleveland put the punctuation mark on the win with a thunderous dunk with 58 seconds left.
    — Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2024

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