| 单词 | thunderbolt |
| 例句 | Zeus threw a thunderbolt from his chariot The blast lit up the world. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “We will fall upon them like a thunderbolt,” he said, as he squeezed the woman’s breast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This passed the endurance of the immortals, and Zeus got ready his thunderbolt to strike them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The revelation that one could find free food just sitting on a stump in the woods landed on Joe like a thunderbolt. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After days in which the Democratic nomination filled the papers, there came suddenly the thunderbolt of General McClellan’s response to his nomination. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark slipped out the window several inches—a thunderbolt of pure terror flashed through him like an electric shock before his progress stopped again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I had to get Zeus’s thunderbolt back to Olympus. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I picked it up, wishing with all my strength that a thunderbolt would strike me dead to ashes on the spot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Slowly Father raised one arm above his head like one of those gods they had in Roman times, fixing to send down the thunderbolts and the lightning. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen, girl. You’ve got to shake off a twenty-year-old habit and shake it off fast. You will begin now. Do you think Atticus is going to hurl a thunderbolt at you?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Thunder and lightning are caused when Zeus hurls his thunderbolt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I forged the thunderbolts, she fired them,” Stanton said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Apollo, in great anger at his son’s death, went to Etna, where the Cyclopes forged the thunderbolts; and killed with his arrows, some say the Cyclopes themselves, some say their sons. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He trusted her to carry the awful aegis, his buckler, and his devastating weapon, the thunderbolt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like ride flying horses and slash swords and throw thunderbolts.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “I must go personally to purify this thunderbolt in the waters of Lemnos, to remove the human taint from its metal.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A golden thunderbolt burst out of the clouds. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Zeus would not allow a mortal to have power over the dead and he struck Aesculapius with his thunderbolt and slew him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They were wonderful workmen and they forged his thunderbolts. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the men left the island a thunderbolt shattered the ship. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At the last and greatest thunderbolt every man startled involuntarily, and each saw the other startle, until they laughed away their shame. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If Zola had a thunderbolt, I think she would throw it. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z "Your head is in the clouds, girl. Watch out for the thunderbolt!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z One of the wheel axles snapped with the sound of a thunderbolt. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She removed her sunglasses, and her smile hit me like a thunderbolt, electrifying every atom. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The angels rode flying white horses and slashed swords and threw thunderbolts. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The forgotten deities of dead cities brandished their broken thunderbolts at the sky as Dany rode her silver past their feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He’d gone a little different with the Mohawk too, buzzing it close to his scalp and jagging it so it looked like a thunderbolt. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Professor Trelawney hesitated, then lowered herself into the empty chair, eyes shut and mouth clenched tight, as though expecting a thunderbolt to hit the table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z One could never tell where Zeus’s thunderbolt would strike. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In his hand, he held the weapon Vajra, the thunderbolt. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The defeat hit the German people like a thunderbolt. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The barricade was scattered as if by a thunderbolt. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Of them all he was foremost, as was proved by the extraordinary fact that poets report, that when Zeus wished to use his thunderbolt, it was Pegasus who brought the thunder and lightning to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Jove seized his thunderbolt and hurled it at the rash, repentant driver. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d thought she’d find something based on her divine parent, but she didn’t see anything like Lord Indra’s thunderbolt in this collection. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The river-god went to the island but Zeus drove him away with his thunderbolt. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Soul Stealer produced a noise like a thunderbolt landing in the hall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Her dusky voice, which rises with strength and focus, like a cloud condensing into a thunderbolt, breathed both humanity and epic grace into the music. Review: Exploring Langston Hughes in Song, Locally 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Savannah Lowery — as the soloist who is mistress of ceremonies in “Rubies” — hurled happy thunderbolts. Jonathan Stafford Bids Farewell to City Ballet 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z There is an inexorability to Winston Smith's fate that befits the brute mechanics of Greek tragedy – who, after all, was Zeus if not Big Brother with a thunderbolt? 1984 2010-09-28T20:29:00Z The patterns on the objects were said to grant good fortune: thunderbolts symbolized unshakable compassion; interwoven tendrils represented thousands of generations of offspring. Antiques: Prized Chinese Crafts, Delicate and Detailed 2011-01-27T21:37:59Z The crowns of the title look like antique versions of astronaut headgear: gilded copper helmets, studded with gems, encrusted with repoussé plaques and topped by five-pronged antennas — the vajra, or thunderbolt of wisdom. 32 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Brown, then 18 and living in New York, was not struck by the same thunderbolt. Two Pastors in Love, and Only God Knows 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Would the Situation, after a torrid hookup, think of himself as the “frightened colt just hit by a thunderbolt,” described in Porter’s “I Am in Love?” Music Review: Return to Civility, With Wit and Rhyme 2011-01-20T22:47:11Z Later, Stanton would remember, “I forged the thunderbolts and Susan fired them.” Suffragette City: A timely visit to Seneca Falls, N.Y., birthplace of the 19th amendment 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Constitución wins and ends up meeting a man who is a “thunderbolt sundering” the twins apart. Review: New Books by Anna Gavalda, Daniel Sada, George Singleton and Others 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z It didn’t look anything like the stout brick Bertram Woods branch, but when we stepped inside the thunderbolt of recognition struck me so hard that it made me gasp. Growing Up in the Library 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z I do have fantasies of hurling thunderbolts that destroy evil people, and probably many other people share those fantasies of mine, but I have never fantasized about existing only on Wednesdays. Jared Diamond: It’s irrational to be religious 2013-01-13T12:00:00Z At the head of the Hindu pantheon was Indra, while Norse mythology gave us Thor – all wielders of thunderbolts. What goes on when lightning strikes? 2013-05-25T23:07:12Z Just from one foot to another and back to the first, but as if hurling thunderbolts. Dance Review: Tango Stars Natalia Hills and Gabriel Miss? in Vail 2010-08-10T22:31:00Z The crowns of the title look like antique versions of astronaut headgear: gilded copper helmets, each studded with gems, encrusted with repoussé plaques and topped by five-pronged antennas — the vajra, or thunderbolt of wisdom. 27 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z That “thunderbolt moment” of seeing the archive, Hagerty said, has become a central part of her current work, which is focused on the potential human rights implications of biometric and predictive technologies. In the Search for Latin America’s Disappeared, Memories and Evidence Entwine 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z In a brief air, he furiously calls on the gods to rain down thunderbolts. An Opera Worth Fighting Over 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Still, Waititi took ages to decide what he wanted to emblazon on her sweatshirt: Might the AC/DC logo, with its thunderbolt, provide a clever wink to the film’s title? How the Colorful Costumes of ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Were Made 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z To those great thinkers, it was an intellectual thunderbolt that ignited creativity and set one free from myth. 'The Swerve': An ancient poem lights a modern fire 2011-10-06T19:16:04Z That thing she’s playing is an electric harp that she built herself, and that sits like a thunderbolt atop a metal pedestal. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Despite its thunderbolt of a title, the real focus of this elegiac memory play is on the relationship between Holt and Fischer: one an ailing, thrice-divorced author, the other his confidant, therapist and enabler. Review: In ‘Pay the Writer,’ a Portrait of the Artist Young and Old 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z And it takes expert writerly effort to toss each little thunderbolt with such seeming ease. Books of The Times: John Banville?s ?Infinities? and ?Elegy for April? 2010-04-04T21:27:00Z If she had, it might have been the teen who found a thunderbolt in her mailbox. Motherlode: I Found My Mom Through Facebook 2011-06-24T20:07:01Z But when his will is thwarted, he can turn into a scary monster hurling accusations and threats like thunderbolts. Review: Richard Gere, ‘The Benefactor’ Who Pulls the Strings 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The word itself comes from the Latin fulgur, which means thunderbolt. Mark Miodownik: an obsession with materials 2013-05-24T15:53:00Z One morning I walked out of the abbey, and it hit me like a thunderbolt: “Where am I? Where have I been? I’ve been somewhere that I want to get back to.” Jeremy Irons Is Transported by Renzo Piano and a Dog Named Smudge 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Endless, while not the world-changing thunderbolt that some speculators expected, is a testament to that. Frank Ocean's Visual Album Endless Is the Year's Most Curious Work in Progress 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z From the opening series of musical thunderbolts, the first movement was a wild ride, full of furious energy. Review: At Seattle Symphony, a winning night from opener to encore 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The 'thunderbolt' references were in a few places in the episode, not just the end. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 10: Nonconformity 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z But if you’re like me, you know the thunderbolt of waking up to discover a blank space where pivotal scenes should be. My drinking years: ‘Everyone has blackouts, don’t they?’ 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z This year, even as seen on TV, the theatre felt supercharged with just and righteous anger that seemed ready to burst forth in mighty thunderbolts of apt invective. The Dishearteningly Safe 2017 Oscars 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Another page looks like a word cloud, with Mercury scrawling dozens of words and phrases including “fandango,” “thunderbolts and lighting” and “belladonna.” Was Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Originally ‘Mongolian Rhapsody’? 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z "Everyone here at Ubisoft wants to offer our deepest sympathies to the people affected by this weekend's tragedy in Orlando," said Tyler, who was surrounded by dancers dressed as animals, thunderbolts and candy canes. After attack in Florida, E3 offers sympathies, shooter games 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z When the two men met, there was a mutual thunderbolt. Di Mondo May Be the Most-Photographed Man in New York 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The acting is so beautifully filmic, and nobody’s shooting thunderbolts or got a wand or anything goofy like that. Lucy Lawless Explains Why 'Salem' Is a New Kind of TV Horror 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Tall, audacious, assured, Ms. Kikta knows how to use her legs like thunderbolts: She made her role a perfect example of feminine self-sufficiency. Review: City Ballet, in Turmoil, Shows the Value of What’s at Stake 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z “Mental illness hit our family like a thunderbolt,” said Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Powers, during a recent visit to Salon’s studio. WATCH: Tragedy hits family “like a thunderbolt” 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z When I first read it I'd already felt that thunderbolt – but I enjoyed it even more the second time. Reading group: True Grit – a reliable narrator? 2012-11-15T12:49:37Z By doing so, Comey hurled a thunderbolt into the election only days before the vote — something aides quoted anonymously claim he wanted to avoid. Was the 2016 Election a Game of ‘Russian Roulette’? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z God didn’t toss down a thunderbolt, so he must approve. 'Bachelor in Paradise' Watch: Over the Rainbow and Like a Hurricane 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z It was early summer, and fate threw in some thunderbolts — an epic rainstorm that shut down New York City’s airports. Margaret Hoover and John Avlon on their Post-Partisan Marriage 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Like the otherworldly hero he is, Anielewicz “raises his hand, ignites the fire, hurls thunderbolts, avenges hate, washes away sorrow, touches the sky, changes history, saves the world!” Profiles in Courage 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Yet even though Harald, the “thunderbolt of the North,” was defeated and killed, he unknowingly exacted a cold revenge. Review | If you love heroic fantasy a la George R.R. Martin, you’ll love ‘The Last Viking’ 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Yet she’s not afraid to throw a thunderbolt through her subtle, scenic designs. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z There's the God of Moses and his successors, pockets full of locusts, boils and thunderbolts, just itching to strike down blasphemers, including those who touch the ark of the covenant to stop it from falling. The religious right vs Comedy Central 2010-06-09T14:00:00Z These glass staffs of charred matter look like the images of thunderbolts that the Norse god Thor hurled in anger. Mark Miodownik: an obsession with materials 2013-05-24T15:53:00Z He’s knocked out by Alana, instantly smitten, a thunderbolt moment that Anderson memorializes with a prodigious tracking shot that gets both the camera and the story’s juices going. ‘Licorice Pizza’ Review: California Dreaming and Scheming 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z “The romantic love ideal is actually evil,” Mr. Brown declares, casually tossing a thunderbolt. Books of The Times: A Graphic Memoir That Earns the Designation 2011-05-24T21:24:59Z In their second number, “Relíquias Porteñas,” he did one of those rapidly skipping pounces, like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, that are among his specialties. Review: Gabriel Missé and Guillermina Quiroga, Together for the First Time 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Last week, Lawrence wrote a piece titled “Why Do I Make Less Than My Male Co‑Stars?” that was brief, straightforward and was received like a thunderbolt. Jennifer Lawrence: whip-smart and witty star who likes a good fight | Observer profile 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Perhaps the jury was hit by a thunderbolt that didn't resound as clearly for festivalgoers. Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival 2013-05-25T12:22:08Z That is “love’s true kiss”: not romantic love, the thunderbolt, but a steady, daily love. Love's True Kiss: 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Along the way, her impassioned acceptance speeches have been some of the most potent thunderbolts of inspiration in the wider fight for diversity, beamed out to the unrepresented and the overlooked everywhere. Viola Davis on ‘Widows,’ MeToo and expressing her femininity 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z But the unexpected thing about this last notion when applied to Close — a thunderbolt, really — was that he actually suffered from face blindness. Perspective | Chuck Close’s reputation as an artist is hard to separate from the impediments he faced — and overcame 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z They are sought-after guests not because they speak with nuance or from deep erudition but because they can be counted on to hurl thunderbolts. Why do cable news shows use so many celebrity ‘experts’? 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z That band would be Alabama Shakes, whose Bowery Ballroom set early on Thursday night was a thunderbolt dressed in bluejeans. ArtsBeat Blog: At CMJ, a Critic's Imagination Come to Life 2011-10-21T17:45:41Z Then the November 2017 state election results struck like a thunderbolt, with Emerge alums playing a central role in many races. This group trains women to run for office. Here’s how one outraged, post-Trump class fared. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z In his influential essay “Against Epiphanies,” Baxter decried the “phony aura” of stories that end with a thunderbolt of insight. Lives intertwine in Charles Baxter’s ‘There’s Something I Want You to Do’ 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z He delivered it with the authority of Zeus hurling thunderbolts. Music Review: A Bedroom Voice to Match His Eyes 2011-02-07T23:42:42Z The college football gods seemed to zap the unbeaten Bruins with a thunderbolt of misery based on what would happen during the next 25 years. The Curse of Cade? How one play may have led to 25 years of misery for UCLA football 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Fiji struck with, as England head coach Steve Borthwick put it, "a couple of thunderbolts" as they scored two tries in quick succession to level things late on, but England found a way to win. England shred nerves but return joy to fans in Marseille 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z This thunderbolt of a result leaves Labour chipper; the SNP and the Conservatives gloomy. Chris Mason: Thunderbolt by-election transforms political weather 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z "Their poor mother received the news like a thunderbolt," she says. Oslo Accords: 30 years of lost Palestinian hopes 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Had the Pac-12 presidents agreed to expand as desperate Big 12 schools pleaded for salvation, the conference would have been fortified against the L.A. thunderbolt that struck a year later. Tracing the Pac-12’s 12 strategic blunders that led to its collapse 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z For example, a draft of the operatic section of the song features the “Galileo,” “Bismillah,” “fandango” and “thunderbolt and lightning” that remain in the final lyrics of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Queen hit was almost ‘Mongolian Rhapsody,’ notes reveal 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z But “Slouching” was a thunderbolt, a direct hit on the counterculture. The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf: Essays 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z However, it was not until Bernabei thunderbolt's found the net deep into stoppage time that Celtic fans could breath easily. Celtic restore lead with win over Ross County 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z “The storm built up, and built up and built up. The American Indian Movement was simply the thunderbolt.” Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z “What we heard was like a thunderbolt, transforming with its electricity,” Ms. Mantell recalled. Marianne Mantell, who helped launch the audiobook industry, dies at 93 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Last summer, when the conference began pursuing a media rights agreement following the thunderbolt from Los Angeles, the Big Ten’s massive deal created a valuation ceiling. Analyzing the Pac-12’s negotiation strategy and current market for media rights 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The English paper was less than a month old when a thunderbolt struck: Thirteen people were killed in a shooting at a CID gambling venue. Seattle Chinese Post shuts down, NW Asian Weekly goes online only 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Benjamin Franklin is credited with inventing the lightning rod, and for some 270 years it has remained the main tool for protecting buildings from destructive and potentially deadly thunderbolts. Laser-guided lightning rod takes Ben Franklin invention to new heights 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z A bit like Zeus flinging thunderbolts, physicists working on a mountaintop in Switzerland have used a high-powered laser to steer lightning. Playing Zeus, scientists use a laser beam to control lightning bolts 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s the closest thing to being a god on Mount Olympus, you know, throwing down thunderbolts at mere mortals. Darren Aronofsky on 'The Whale,' fatphobia and empathy 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z “She didn’t come in throwing thunderbolts,” Mr. Fanning said in a phone interview. Sister Patricia Daly, 66, Dies; Prodded Companies Toward Social Justice 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The performances against Inter would become a template for Bale, who combined his blistering pace and direct running with an ability to score with long-range thunderbolts. Saint, Galactico, Welsh hero: Bale's evolution 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff has said little about the future of the conference since the thunderbolt from Los Angeles on June 30. Commissioner Kliavkoff believes Pac-12 will ‘catch’ Big Ten, SEC in media revenue. Say what? 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “It felt like a thunderbolt or something hit me, and I was like, ‘I have to do something about this.’ Plans for a permanent campus for Latino-serving charter school opposed by preservationists 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z And these are the times we live in because we’ve been in a patriarchy for thousands of years, of a lot of bad behavior of people that hold the thunderbolts that do wield the power. Darren Aronofsky on 'The Whale,' fatphobia and empathy 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Launching a thunderbolt is an attention-getter, while the transformation of a human projection into an animal avatar can be disconcerting. Review: The ancients live on forever in Cy Twombly's abstract art, now on view at the Getty 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It would be quite the finishing twist — one worthy of the June 30 thunderbolt from Los Angeles that put the Pac-12 in peril in the first place. Pac-12’s cutting-edge production technology could serve as valuable lifeboat 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Columnists can hurl thunderbolts of outrage from on high, but moral purity is a luxury that no leader of a great nation can afford. Opinion | Cut Biden some slack. U.S. presidents have to deal with dictators. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Darren prefers designer arm sleeves under his jersey - Saturday’s had a thunderbolt. Darren Baker, Jack Leiter make for son-splashed Futures Game 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Darren prefers designer arm sleeves under his jersey — Saturday’s had a thunderbolt. Darren Baker, Jack Leiter make for son-splashed Futures Game 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Last summer, after the Texas/Oklahoma thunderbolt, the Pac-12 opted against raiding the Big 12 and, as a result, secured the league’s survival. Analysis: With survival at stake, Pac-12 should consider merging with the ACC 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Just days before primary voters in a handful of states head to the polls, the Supreme Court on Friday delivered a thunderbolt with its decision to overturn Roe v. How candidates competing in Tuesday’s primary elections are reacting to the Supreme Court’s decision. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z So the COVID-19 downturn hit like a thunderbolt, and the outbreak of inflation — driven largely by consumers suddenly beginning to spend their pandemic-induced savings — was another jolt to popular expectations. Yes, a recession looks inevitable. But it may not be that bad. Here's why 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Some of the same people now likening the Alito draft to a thunderbolt. Opinion | Send a message on Roe v. Wade with your ballot 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z In the 2½ seasons the Warriors spent injured and irrelevant, you almost forgot what their pretty flow looked like — the slipped traps, the behind-the-back bounces on the back cuts and the thunderbolts into the post. Perspective | The Warriors don’t stop moving, or sharing, and foes can’t keep up 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z But while they are all genuinely quick, that thunderbolt blitz is something that only Malik has right now. Umran Malik: The 90mph speed merchant who's lighting up the IPL 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z "It hit me like a thunderbolt. It's true," he said. Distraught over orders to investigate trans kids’ families, Texas child welfare workers resign 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z According to legend, Zeus hurled a thunderbolt from Mount Olympus at a spot in rural Greece. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Moments later, a thunderbolt struck the spot where power lines entered the home. Doug Hill, veteran Washington meteorologist, dies at 71 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Reporters are increasingly urged to be definitive, to call out “liars” and defend “science” and hurl all sorts of Zeus-like thunderbolts adjudicating the Truth. Opinion | The media slant on Joe Rogan and covid has been wrong. Journalists must do better. 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The call from his secretary was a thunderbolt: Colin was the national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan. Opinion | Condoleezza Rice: Colin Powell’s greatest legacy is in the people he inspired 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z The first FRBs struck astrophysicists like thunderbolts out of a clear blue sky; no theory had predicted their existence. FAST, the World’s Largest Radio Telescope, Zooms in on a Furious Cosmic Source 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z As lopsided as the final score was on Saturday night, the Giants were within striking distance in the bottom of the sixth inning — until Betts ended their threat with his thunderbolt from right field. Column: A little Mookie Magic helps the Dodgers slam the door on Giants 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Lloris is beaten at his near post again, but that was a thunderbolt of a shot. Belgium v France: Nations League semi-final – live! 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Believed to have been situated somewhere between England and Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean, this mythical island allegedly sunk after being struck by a divine thunderbolt. When the Nazis sent scientists to the Himalayas 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Either way, the prophecy hit Lindell like a thunderbolt with his name on it. How MyPillow guy Mike Lindell came to Jesus — and to Donald Trump 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z “Where it used to be he was shooting tweets like Zeus, they were like thunderbolts from up high, and now it’s little squeaks from the mouse of Mar-a-Lago,” he said. Trump addresses GOP as power to shape national debate wanes 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Yueill took advantage of a pocket of space and, with a clinical strike, sent a 25-yard thunderbolt into the top left corner of the net. ‘Devastated’ U.S. men again fail to make Olympics, fall to Honduras in soccer qualifier 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z She wore a black face mask with a red thunderbolt, a symbol for some. ‘Declaration of War’: Protesters in Poland Vow to Fight Abortion Ban 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z But the shock of Trumpists’ inevitable attack on the American experiment on Wednesday, Jan. 6, hit like a thunderbolt. Opinion | How Trumpism May Endure 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z What he may not have known was that The Family throws the exact same thunderbolt at pretty much everyone, even printing it on breakfast literature. How MyPillow guy Mike Lindell came to Jesus — and to Donald Trump 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z It hit her "like a thunderbolt" the moment she saw a report on discrimination against Asians published by the US Commission on Civil Rights. Revenge of the secretaries: The protest movement that inspired the film 9 to 5 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z That’s kind of how it is, then you get a thunderbolt thrown in there every day.” ‘Don’t underestimate the monotony.’ Washington State battling challenges away from court during strange year 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z "Think of Usain Bolt's 'thunderbolt', and we were doing something similar all those years ago." Karl Edwards: The 'bronzed Aussie' who knew life was for living 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z But it was on her Story last week that the thunderbolt came. Molly-Mae, Peter Andre and the great pizza debate 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The assumption underlying this discourse is that a constitutional crisis would hit us like a thunderbolt and we would collectively realize, all at once, that the very fate of our democracy was on the line. Donald Trump may kill off democracy — but Mitch McConnell was the real murderer 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Benjamin Franklin came under suspicion, writes Thuesen, for having the temerity to redirect thunderbolts from heaven with his invention, the lightning rod. Review | In storms, Americans have long seen the hand of God 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Cue the thunderbolt looks, passionate kisses and surging orchestration. ‘Downhill,’ ‘The Photograph’ and 6 more movies open on Valentine’s Day; our reviewers weigh in 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z He soon left for Italy as Ms. Springora’s book landed like a thunderbolt in a newly awakened France. A Pedophile Writer Is on Trial. So Are the French Elites. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z There’s the initial sort of thunderbolts of pain but pretty quickly, now, I recognize this isn’t my real life. Trolled for playing Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Aidy Bryant fights back in 'Shrill' 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, polling this week showing her losing to Trump in critical upper Midwestern states sent a thunderbolt of fear through even some of her boosters. Democrats debate presidential field on news of Michael Bloomberg’s potential candidacy 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The bombshell that struck the NFL like a thunderbolt Saturday afternoon generated two contrasting thoughts. Analysis | Antonio Brown and the Patriots are a match so crazy it just might work 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Still, Sun Tzu's Art of War prescribes: "Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." Trade war: What is Trump's strategy? 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z A wider scan of the American map reveals a menagerie of unlikely characters, from quarrelsome jumbo shrimp to menacing thunderbolts, from in-your-face rubber ducks to aggrieved prairie dogs. A baseball branding bonanza, and 2 guys helping it happen 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z It’s similar to the thunderbolt of pain with Twitter. Trolled for playing Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Aidy Bryant fights back in 'Shrill' 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z And that’s when the thunderbolt hit me: I could work the other side of the market. Create a Crisis, Capture a Unicorn 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Now, the fraud case has sent a thunderbolt through the higher education community. Admissions Scandal Stokes Hard Questions on Recruited Athletes 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Midfield player Ward-Prowse produced a thunderbolt effort in the 50th minute, a rising drive that left England’s Jordan Pickford helpless in goal. Ward-Prowse thunderbolt paves way for Southampton victory 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z I’m just using the case, because it has thunderbolt. What’s in your bag, A R I Z O N A? 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z A 20-yard own-goal thunderbolt, how not to throw a ball, falling foul of the rules and a keeper scoring a last-minute winner. Faceplants and backflip penalties: the amazing world of sport videos in 2018 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Yes, Baltimore eventually lost by 3 points in overtime, but the result sent a thunderbolt through the rest of the league’s Super Bowl contenders, whose defensive coordinators simultaneously had the same thought: The Ravens’ Down-to-Earth Approach Is Unnerving the N.F.L. 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Those who go public with their observations about the president’s behavior are visited with unrelenting thunderbolts from on high. Trump Says Tillerson Is ‘Dumb as a Rock’ After Former Secretary of State Criticizes Him 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Dr. He’s announcement of his embryo editing on Monday sent a thunderbolt through the scientific world. Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Instead, the stories dwell on the political thunderbolts being exchanged within Ms. May’s party and with the European Union. Opinion | What’s the deal with Brexit? 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Associated with a thunderbolt, it was believed that Thor defended the order of the gods against their foes using the might of the hammer. What have the Vikings ever done for us? 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z For a long time I sat there staring at that slip of paper, horrified at my boldness, half expecting some earthquake or thunderbolt to rip me from my perch on the toilet. My fundamentalist childhood: less like a temple, more like a cage 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z ET that the House would fall to the Democrats felt like a thunderbolt. Midterm coverage a roller-coaster, maybe to expected result 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z United’s hopes were close to extinguished when DeLeon, a second-half substitute who had missed half of the season with a knee injury, scored a thunderbolt of a goal in the 116th minute. D.C. United falters in PKs, falls to Columbus in MLS playoffs 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z In the middle—flanked by bodhisattvas, heavenly kings, and thunderbolt holders—is the Vairocana Buddha, a colossal seated figure in a delicately carved rippling tunic. Yan Lianke’s Forbidden Satires of China 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z He always bore a laconic smile and frequently offered wisecracks, invariably comforted his many visitors, and occasionally hurled verbal thunderbolts at his former adversaries. Opinion | A Life of Service, Lived With Good-Natured Irreverence 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z This year's Diary Room door is being guarded by neon skulls and thunderbolts. Inside the Celebrity Big Brother house 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z She defeats Ares, not by sacrificing herself, but by hurling large objects and then frying him with thunderbolts. Opinion | Why Are We Obsessed With Superhero Movies? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z It is a lean thunderbolt of synapse-firing samples and rhymes that retreads Pusha’s hustling days from the chaise longue of a VIP room. Pusha T: ‘The Make America Great Again hat is this generation’s Ku Klux hood’ 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Whether the culmination of a long decline or a shock like a thunderbolt on a clear day, suicide is often driven by depression, anxiety, drug addiction or other mental disorders. My Mom’s Suicide Was Preventable 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The imagery originated with ancient Greek and Roman depictions of Jupiter’s and Zeus’s thunderbolts, Dr. Horváth said. Do You Know What Lightning Really Looks Like? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z “I bought myself a rather tasteless ham sandwich,” he recalls, “and so partook for the first time of the forbidden flesh of the swine. No thunderbolt arrived to strike me down.” Can you be a Muslim if you're an atheist? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z “It hit me like a thunderbolt, how much I missed social work,” she said. Many Americans Try Retirement, Then Change Their Minds 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z If Thor can rein in his thunderbolt, and even show some interest in the fine art of holding runners on base, anything is possible. Noah Syndergaard is healthy, and the Mets are poised for a rebound 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z News of Mr. Olmert’s payoffs landed like a thunderbolt after surfacing in the unexpected testimony of his longtime benefactor in an open courtroom. Netanyahu, Defiant and Confident, Vows Not to Resign 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Among such myths was the idea that thunderbolts were material objects that fell from the sky. Do You Know What Lightning Really Looks Like? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Rex Tillerson probably gets a “save,” but not a win, for persisting with his diplomatic agenda despite periodic thunderbolts from Trump. Opinion | The Korean crisis will resume — after the Olympics 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z West Ham took the lead with its only shot on target, and it was a thunderbolt as breath-taking as Son’s effort 14 minutes later. Son saves Spurs with long-range equalizer against West Ham 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z "It was like being hit by a thunderbolt, I literally thought I was the only priest child in the world," she says. My father, the Catholic priest who doesn't want to know me 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Spinning is an absolute thunderbolt of talent, from Walden’s elegant line work to her innovative panel layouts. The 10 best comics of 2017 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z But the directive arrived like a thunderbolt, upending one of the agency’s most effective methods in catching polluters, E.P.A. regional officials said, and one that was extremely unpopular with the oil and gas industry. Under Trump, E.P.A. Has Slowed Actions Against Polluters, and Put Limits on Enforcement Officers 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z In the front yard, something struck Hicks like a thunderbolt to the heart: Bones. Katrina evacuee Hicks takes the long road to DI basketball 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Can’t they try to build something wonderful, inviting and engaging that really develops and enhances the area instead of just blasting it to smithereens with a 700-foot thunderbolt? A 700-Foot Tower Is Proposed for Queens 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The news struck the Capitol with a thunderbolt Thursday afternoon. Mitch McConnell calls on Roy Moore to exit Alabama Senate race ‘if these allegations are true’ 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z And they especially love the sight of No. 22 on the mound, his Hall of Fame left arm flinging thunderbolts toward the plate and racking up the strikeouts. Clayton Kershaw stays cool, and Dodgers beat Astros in hottest World Series game ever 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z He says he wants to rule as a “Jupiter” operating above the political maelstrom as he delivers thunderbolt judgments and instructions. ‘Jupiter’ or just another politician? Macron’s divine aura begins to fade 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z That guy, Schiff: Lately a bit of odd luck has visited itself upon Rep. Adam B. Schiff, a Burbank Democrat, “in the form of Russian meddling and a president who hurls tweets like poison thunderbolts.” Essential California: The cannabis industry's favorite to be California's next governor 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Cilic, 28, served thunderbolts all week and roamed the grass courts with a confident, bristling intensity. Wimbledon: 6 Players to Watch 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The first travel ban, signed by Trump on 27 January, struck the family like a thunderbolt. Trump travel crackdown turns 'wedding celebration into a family separation' 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z After the thunderbolt shot that helped Lyon beat Roma 4-2 in the first leg of their Europa League tie, Lacazette admitted his time in France’s second city may be coming to an end. From Kasper Dolberg to Naby Keïta – who are the most in-demand players for the summer? 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z When the Supreme Court decided in favor of marriage, President Obama called it "justice that arrives like a thunderbolt." Documentary 'The Freedom to Marry' chronicles the long road for gay rights 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z The news arrived in Iraq like a thunderbolt. Iraqis thought they had a special relationship with the United States. Now they're furious over Trump's travel ban 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Williams pounded her thunderbolt serve with bad intentions and crushed groundstrokes into the corners with a pace and accuracy that left Sharapova visibly shaken and resigned to defeat before she’d even found a foothold. Serena Williams may be world No2 but she is as dangerous as ever 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Yet Mr. Bannon—who joined the Trump campaign in mid-August to propel its thunderbolt victory—professes no interest in being the story. Steve Bannon on Politics as War 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z In Stanton’s obituary, published in The New York Times in 1902, Anthony fondly recalled their dynamic, saying, “She forged the thunderbolts and I fired them.” Four Prominent Suffragist Grave Sites in the Bronx Anticipating a Surge in Visitors This Election Day 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z As a boy growing up in the mid-1960s, I adored Muhammad Ali as a thunderbolt of physical, moral and intellectual courage. Letters to the Editor 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z As a young white boy growing up in the racially divided mid-1960s in Philadelphia, I adored Mr. Ali as a thunderbolt of physical, moral and intellectual courage. Muhammad Ali was a great man, and a kind one, as well 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z When the justices are limited by obstructionism rather than by a consensus favoring restraint, thunderbolts may cease on the mountaintop only to intensify on the hills below. Will eight justices become the new normal? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Hiring Novitzky one year ago raised eyebrows — either smart marketing that might temporarily quiet critics or a thunderbolt intended to immediately change the culture of the entire sport. He busted Marion Jones and Lance Armstrong; now top steroid cop works for UFC 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z He was named Aquila, after the eagle that carried Zeus’ thunderbolts in Greek mythology. Injured bald eagle released into the wild after rehab 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Bale put the icing on the cake with a thunderbolt from outside the box on the left that went in off the far post. Cristiano Ronaldo hits four as Real Madrid hammer Celta Vigo 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z Nor did the gods strike Christie down with a thunderbolt. Super Tuesday Results: The Trump Nightmare Continues 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Previous political thunderbolts that were supposed to push voters toward more traditional candidates, such as last fall’s terrorist attacks in Paris and California, passed without any negative impact on Trump and Sanders. Supreme Court vacancy highlights stakes in presidential race 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Previous political thunderbolts that were supposed to push voters toward more traditional candidates, such as last fall's terrorist attacks in Paris and California, passed without any negative impact on Trump and Sanders. Presidential campaign just got real because of death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z America's space program is probably destined for even bolder ventures despite the awful blast that turned Challenger into a thunderbolt of splintered metal. From the Archives: First U.S. Space-Flight Disaster Stuns Nation 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Speaking of thunderbolts of perspective, there was a moment recently that reminded Polachek of how surreal her life is now, in the hinterland between indie and pop where Chairlift now operate. Chairlift: ‘You have to be honest with where your inspiration’s coming from’ 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z And that led to thunderbolts being slung both ways. For Bratton and Kelly, Linked Legacies and Locked Horns 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z To some people, thunderbolts and lightning are very, very frightening. 365 days: The best science images of 2015 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Finding the letter "after all these years" was "like being hit by a thunderbolt", he said. Boy's Santa letter found 50 years after his death - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Moreno stands over the ball around 35 yards out for a thunderbolt of a shot. Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace: Premier League – as it happened 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Danielle’s revelation was a thunderbolt to Mark, who in the years since has emerged as one of the N.F.L.’s more forceful advocates of raising players’ awareness of domestic abuse. In Man’s Game, Mark Herzlich Is Standing Up for Women 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z The pope threw another thunderbolt last Saturday, saying in a private address to bishops that the church needs a “sound decentralization” of authority. Vatican Meeting Reveals Divisions Among Catholics on Family Issues 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The news that Canada would stop participating in coalition air strikes against Islamic State in Syria struck like a thunderbolt in Ottawa on Tuesday. Canada withdrawal will not hinder battle against Isis, US insists 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The “thunderbolt” icons found in ancient art and petroglyphs are not the iconography of imagined gods but realistic representations of spectacular electrical activity in space. The Difference between Science and Pseudoscience 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Moreno stands over the ball around 35 yards out for a thunderbolt of a shot. Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace: Premier League – as it happened 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z It was a thunderbolt stroke in an 8-7 win over the Nationals on Tuesday night, capping a comeback from a 7-1 deficit. A Night of Disconsolation and Redemption 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Charlton illuminated England's summer of '66, scoring the famous thunderbolt against Mexico in the group games then twice in the semi-final against Portugal at Wembley before final victory against West Germany. Is Rooney England's greatest striker? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z A brutal five minutes for the wide-eyed Premier League newcomers is complete, as Ross Barkley equalises with a thunderbolt from distance. Premier League and Football League return: Saturday clockwatch – as it happened | Niall McVeigh 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z Great ideas aren’t the product of divine intervention, of thunderbolts from the sky. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Obama compared this decision to a "thunderbolt" carrying justice to American society. Country Isn't Lurching to the Left 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z “And then sometimes, there are days like this when that slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.” What President Obama's historic week means for his legacy 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z In praise of the decision, President Barack Obama called it “justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.” Supreme Court declares nationwide right to same-sex marriage 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z “Love is love. And sometimes justice comes like a thunderbolt.” Same-sex marriage ruling's ripple effect – historic celebrations of love 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z “Sometimes,” he said, “there are days like this, when that slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.” Live Supreme Court reaction: Emotions from joy to sorrow over landmark change for same-sex marriage rights 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z President Obama spoke on the ruling saying, ”Sometimes, there are days like this when that slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.” Rep. John Lewis: 'You cannot tell people they can't fall in love' 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z And then sometimes there are days like this, when that slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt. Read Obama's Speech About Same-Sex Marriage Ruling 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z “And then sometimes there are days like this, when that slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.” Obama: 'This Ruling Is a Victory for America" 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Other veteran fundraisers described their conversion into Rubio supporters as more of a thunderbolt experience. With some donors doubting Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio seizes an opening 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Alexis Sanchez confirmed that superiority with one of the great FA Cup final goals shortly after the restart - a swerving, dipping 25-yard thunderbolt that flew high past startled Villa keeper Shay Given. Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z We appear to be a nation in love with thunderbolts. What makes the perfect goal? 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Circling the ring in a clockwise direction as he shuffled out of Liston’s reach, Ali never looked as though he were about to unleash a thunderbolt. Muhammad Ali’s phantom punch has us scratching our heads 50 years on | Richard Williams 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a dominating political figure in the United States this year, seemingly invincible as he hurled thunderbolts at President Obama and other adversaries. Netanyahu’s shaky base 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z In the absence of good data, Mr. Comey said the police chief told him, “all we get are ideological thunderbolts, when what we need are ideological agnostics who use information to try to solve problems.” U.S. Has Limited Data on Shootings Involving Police 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z An analyst described Germany's growth, as "a thunderbolt", with recovery starting earlier than expected. German economy sees strong growth 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z A top Iranian commander had threatened retaliation and warned Israel to prepare for a “shattering thunderbolt.” Two Rockets Fired From Syria Hit Israeli-Controlled Part of Golan Heights 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z In the information-pinched, refracted realm of Saudi watching, this is a thunderbolt. The Once and Future Saudi Kings 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Last week's thunderbolt from the Swiss authorities went further by calling into question whether central banks are as committed to their policies as they purport to be. Central bankers lurch from 'whatever it takes' to 'whatever next' 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z And it took less than two minutes to take the lead, with Pogba smashing a 25-yard thunderbolt into the bottom right corner from 25 yards. Juventus beats Verona 4-0 to move 5 points clear 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z The dilemma was solved by a thunderbolt: In May 1794, President George Washington nominated him as American minister to the Hague. John Quincy Adam’s remarkable youth 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z No USB, no thunderbolt, no SD card, everything stripped out except a microphone, headphones, and a single USB-C port for connectivity and charging. Apple Loop: Five Steps To Fix iOS 8, Crazy iPhone Designs, Fast iPhone Charging 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “It was like a thunderbolt falling from the sky on them,” he said. The U.S. and Iran are aligned in Iraq against the Islamic State — for now 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z He’s 6 feet 4 inches and 230 pounds, and he tosses thunderbolt passes, and when flushed from the pocket, he can run like a hound on a scent. Ignoring Hard Truths in a Land of Fantasy 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The CTE thunderbolt follows closely on the league’s callous handling of domestic violence cases. NFL must pay for its handling of concussion issues — or Congress should intervene There was no thunderbolt of understanding; no flash of enlightenment. Virgil’s Aeneid has travelled with me through life 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z World number 12 Isner broke Matosevic in the seventh game of the second set and closed the match with a thunderbolt ace. Isner downs Aussie battler to reach Atlanta semi-finals 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy hurled down thunderbolts on everyone, “This is the spirit of Munich – appeasement. And it is a disgrace.” To mock President Putin’s pride and test his paranoia is folly 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z "It was an effort to appease regulators. I think what they were trying to do was get ahead of the thunderbolt," another source said. Exclusive: BNP said to move compliance operations to U.S. as settlement nears 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Both of his goals were set up in a similar way, with Messi pulling in from the right looking for space to send off a thunderbolt from his left foot. Argentina’s only sparkle: Messi’s left foot 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z This month’s thunderbolt of a primary shocker epitomized this pattern. GOP’s “anti-establishment” con job: A cynical gambit to secretly talk about class 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z She was near a tree when the thunderbolt knocked her unconscious. Dayton woman severely injured by lightning strike 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z “I heard the violins. The whole thing. The thunderbolt hit.” Mayoral First Couple Talk About Love and Hard Times 2014-04-22T02:27:12Z He turned pro in 2011, but after moderate success, he was hit by the thunderbolt of injury. 2014 Preview: Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka Epitomizes the Japanese Approach to Baseball 2014-03-29T21:24:11Z It’s as if a thunderbolt just passed through the kitchen. Reaching My Autistic Son Through Disney 2014-03-07T16:11:44Z He said there was "a perception of arrogance as helpless people are being shot at like thunderbolts from the sky". Top secret drone makes first flight 2014-02-05T19:09:30Z The Guardian, too, reads his remarks as sending "a political thunderbolt into Downing Street". Papers turn heat on energy firms 2013-10-23T04:47:19Z “He just got hit by that thunderbolt from God.” Jadeveon Clowney is college football’s smash hit 2013-08-28T15:42:00Z Edward Snowden fired a thunderbolt through top intelligence officials, and now he’s sending a jolt through his former colleagues on the job. NSA cutting staff since Snowden’s disclosures 2013-08-13T23:36:54Z Lisicki's inability to live up to her nickname of "Boom Boom Bine", with her usually reliable thunderbolt serve and ferocious forehand both misfiring, allowed Bartoli to walk away with the biggest prize in lawn tennis. Boom Boom Bartoli sinks tearful Lisicki to win Wimbledon 2013-07-06T18:59:11Z The tapes have caused offence in the European Union, which helped to pay for Ireland's bailout, and Irish premier Enda Kenny said they were a "thunderbolt" that showed contempt, arrogance and insolence. Irish banker apologizes for taped comments 2013-06-30T10:44:26Z Describing the revelations as a "thunderbolt", the prime minister said: "This has damaged our reputation." Anglo Irish Bank scandal 'damages democracy', Angela Merkel says 2013-06-28T17:59:05Z Tracy walloped a high flyball over the right field fence, a thunderbolt that served ultimately to overshadow an unavoidable subplot, maximize the Nationals’ pain and illustrate their propensity for spoiling even their happiest moments. Nationals vs. Phillies: Chad Tracy ties game, but Domonic Brown wins it in ninth for Philadelphia 2013-06-18T03:02:35Z “This thunderbolt,” Mr. Persico wrote of Rockefeller, “was to be hurled by him.” William M. Fine, Who Shaped Narcotics Laws in New York, Dies at 86 2013-05-20T04:58:06Z Will they be as willing to throw themselves in front of Chara’s thunderbolts? Slap Shot: For Rangers, a Chance to Steal a Victory 2013-05-16T15:20:14Z Short, boyish and with specs, he eventually got the equally inevitable nickname of Harry Potter, one newspaper even scorching a photographic thunderbolt on to his forehead. El profesor returns to La Liga to give Deportivo hope at the bottom 2013-04-08T10:40:36Z "These tapes from Anglo are actually a thunderbolt, but they shine a light on a very dark period of Ireland's recent past that we want to get away from." Anglo Irish Bank scandal 'damages democracy', Angela Merkel says 2013-06-28T17:59:05Z Local media is awash with dramatic superlatives for France's latest legal thriller -- "thunderbolt," "quake," "tsunami," and "shockwave." Sarkozy’s Old Lady Troubles 2013-03-22T18:25:00Z He was very quick and had a thunderbolt of a shot in his left foot. Gareth Bale's superb form brings back memories of John Charles 2013-03-01T12:17:49Z "People in the street didn't know it was going to be a closed ghetto, so it came like a thunderbolt." The story of life in a prison city 2013-01-27T00:44:04Z But there was no shortage of questions Sunday about the investigation and the timing of the thunderbolt that was Mr. Petraeus’s resignation. Lawmakers Question F.B.I. Handling of Petraeus Affair 2012-11-11T20:23:10Z Well done, jskibs, though there is presumably a thunderbolt heading your way at some point soon. Talking Horses: Latest news and best bets in our daily racing blog 2012-08-13T11:22:52Z One night later, that charge became a full-fledged thunderbolt as “our Jess,” as the tabloids then lovingly called her, blazed down the straightaway to claim the 800-m event—and the gold—before a delirious crowd. The Wonder Women of the 2012 Olympics 2012-08-09T18:05:26Z He ran halfway around the track and unleashed his patented thunderbolt, posing, preening. Usain Bolt wins; why did we expect anything else? 2012-08-06T01:47:00Z “I saw the jellyfish display and it hit me like a thunderbolt,” he says. Artificial Jellyfish Built from Rat Cells 2012-07-23T17:15:00.687Z And then, from nowhere, he hit Khan with that thunderbolt. Devastating knockdown for Amir Khan sees Danny Garcia take his title 2012-07-15T05:16:00Z The 15,000 fans packed into a sunny Centre Court gasped in awe as each Williams thunderbolt flew past the Belarusian. Serena's serving salvo sets up Radwanska final 2012-07-06T03:18:32Z The 15,000 fans packed into a sunny Centre Court gasped in awe as each Williams thunderbolt flew past the Belarussian. Serena's serving salvo sets up Radwanska final 2012-07-05T17:55:24Z The Islamic Republic News Agency quoted General Hajizadeh as saying "if any form of incident happens, Iran's ground-to-ground missiles will rain like thunderbolts upon the aggressors." Iran Takes Defiant Steps Over New Sanctions 2012-07-02T17:50:47Z In his youth d'Albert was as impetuous as a thunderbolt; now he is more reflective than fiery, and he is often careless in his technical work. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Nothing is more common than the invisible passage of things, be they heat, cold, light, thunderbolt, odours, diseases, etc., from one person or object to another, either by contact or through space. The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion 2012-04-24T02:00:19.043Z Walker, senior, was by no means prepared for the thunderbolt which his son was about to launch. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z Dame Louise, who entered the room a few moments later, found me in the same place, as if struck by a thunderbolt. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z Amongst the Aztecs, Tlaloc, the god of rain and water, manifested himself under the three attributes of the flash, the thunderbolt, and the thunder. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z But, as the heathen poet said, “You may expel nature with a thunderbolt, but it always returns.” The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Then one fine morning there came the thunderbolt. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z The declaration of war will come like a thunderbolt. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z He actually knew this wonderful creature in white tights who darted from trapeze to trapeze, who posed like a marble statue on the rope, who shot through the air like a thunderbolt! Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z The thoughtful, methodical damsel soon departed for an hour's duty among birds and flowers, and then the thunderbolt fell on poor Mrs. Wickham. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The news of his surrender fell on the country like a thunderbolt at noonday. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z In the midst of this family sensation, Wyn could not bear to launch her thunderbolt. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z And then, like a thunderbolt on a clear day, the knowledge of his double-dealing fell upon us. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z How is it that electricity accumulates in the vapor of water, in the molecules of a cloud, until it gives rise to the thunder, the thunderbolt, the lightning flash, and all their formidable results? Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Soon will I cleave, with a white thunderbolt, Their galley in the midst of the black sea!’” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Wherever perfection or efficiency was sought its means were tripled; thus Jove’s thunderbolt had three forks of lightning, Neptune’s lance was a trident, and Pluto’s dog had three heads. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z Like a thunderbolt, Ling descended to the ground. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The Greeks considered the thunderbolt to be the god's characteristic expression of content. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z How is it that the thunderbolt strips the clothes from a man or a woman with its characteristic nonchalance? Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Bellerophon, after many journeys, is finally united to Philonoe, a personification of the twilight, and ends his career by being hurled from the zenith into utter darkness by one of Jupiter’s deadly thunderbolts. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The moment for which he had been waiting was here; he launched his little thunderbolt with an air of satisfied importance. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z It made such a noise in coming that it seemed as if it were a thunderbolt from heaven and looked like a dragon flying through the air. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Legend relates that when Phidias had completed his great statue of Zeus, and it had been placed in position, Zeus sent down a thunderbolt which struck the ground close to the statue. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z The face of the earth and the field of human history are scarred with the thunderbolts of His displeasure. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z To that effect, he had once driven over a brazen bridge to imitate the roll of thunder, and, to simulate the thunderbolts, had thrown lighted torches down upon the multitude, purposely assembled below. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z He came and vanished like a thunderbolt that spreads destruction in its path. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z To her, therefore, the notion of sending for Tavannes, or communicating with him, came as a thunderbolt. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z It all reminded him of thunderbolts; one man knew where they were going to strike. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z With glowing countenance he spoke of the thunderbolt in his wonderfully realistic piano poem, The Eagle. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z This insolent parody so incensed Jupiter, that he grasped one of his deadliest thunderbolts, brandished it aloft for a moment, and then hurled it with vindictive force at the arrogant king. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z And he had more need of his patience than he thought; for, before they could start upon their journey, war descended upon Europe like a thunderbolt, finding England wholly unprepared. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z They are not thunderbolts, they are not rockets, they are not even squibs; they are bonbons and genuine confetti, not your confetti of the Carnival. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z This simple and sincere language, from one who was then little more than a child in years, shook the old man's heart more than all the clergyman's hortatory thunderbolts had shaken his reason. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z The address fell like a thunderbolt upon the enemies of Emancipation. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Aided by the Cyclopes, Vulcan manufactured Jupiter’s weapons, the dread thunderbolts, whose frightful power none could withstand, and Cupid’s love-inspiring darts. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Poseidon recommends the prompt use of a thunderbolt "to let them see," but Zeus reminds him that it is Destiny that really controls the thunderbolts—and, besides, "it would look as if we were frightened." The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z They lie a good deal beside their nectar; but their bolts are anything but thunderbolts. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z The helpless horror of the position in which his cunning intrigue had left her broke on her mind like a thunderbolt. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Such a minister hast Thou in Thy invincible hands, the two-edged, flaming, vivid thunderbolt. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The king of the gods, however, soon became ashamed of his cowardly flight, and resolved to return to Mount Olympus to slay Typhœus with his terrible thunderbolts. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Nobody dare speak against you now, for your words are very thunderbolts and strike down those with whom you are angry—nay, rather, men bow the knee before you and say, 'Your Excellency! The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z No longer he darted about him the lightnings of his genius, but sat Jove-like and calm, with the thunderbolts grasped in his hand, and the eagle gathered to his feet. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z ‘Let him marry, let him marry, I shall not complain; But the thunderbolt of heav’n Shall destroy him then.’ Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z But hear it spoken at Paris—Mercy on me! it sounds like a thunderbolt. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z He is generally represented as a fine majestic figure, with long curling hair and beard, clad in flowing drapery, his redoubtable thunderbolts or scepter in one hand, and a statue of Victory in the other. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z We talk and read of a thunderbolt from the blue; still the thing is to us unnatural. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z The Arabs were lost in astonishment that a conqueror, who wielded the thunderbolt, could be so disinterested and merciful. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z In my childhood the people still called these stones "thunderbolts," and the belief was generally prevalent that in heavy thunder-showers such thunderbolts fall from the clouds upon the earth. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z At the end of that time another thunderbolt fell. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Well, one fine day they met in secret, and sent a churchwarden with a complaint to the bishop, and a thunderbolt fell on the poor curé. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z How exasperating, that just as the horizon seemed so clear, the sky so cloudless, a thunderbolt should come out of the blue to play havoc with all his combinations. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z On Lord Castlereagh fell the onus of wielding the thunderbolts of Jove, and he acquitted himself of the task most excellently. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z And woe to him who perverted law and justice, woe to him who swore a false oath; Thor's thunderbolt was sure to fall upon the audacious transgressor and dash him to pieces. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z Suddenly, like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, came the war of 1866. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z And having delivered this thunderbolt of antique wisdom he slammed the door viciously ere any of them could retort. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z A thunderbolt hurled down to annihilate a family. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z It fell upon Austin one morning like a thunderbolt. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z Now if you do not know what thunderbolts are, go to your pastors or to some other learned folk, and they will tell you, and perhaps show you one. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z Science wrested from the gods their thunderbolts; and now, the electric spark, freighted with thought and love, flashes under all the waves of the sea. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z Besides they never kill in capable hands; and other remedies slay like thunderbolts. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Then she fell a-weaving of plans for assuaging the misery of her people, and all at once there fell the thunderbolt, and her new calm was rudely broken. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z I have now the exquisite pleasure of introducing to you that dashing cavalry officer, that thunderbolt of war, that silver tongued orator, Col. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z In flaming zeal, with these words he lifted one of the thunderbolt stones which lay beside Thor's altar, showed it to the people, and threatened that with such weapons Thor would punish the apostates. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z His words struck through my soul like thunderbolts. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z There was a cry of dismay; and, next moment, as if a thunderbolt had fallen on them, they were all lying on the ground, mule and all. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Hence the silent charge at the foe—a charge launched with the speed and terrible menace of a thunderbolt. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z It is difficult to say what would have been the upshot of all this; but, by the inscrutable designs of Providence, a thunderbolt burst over the head of Sofya Nikolayevna: her adored child died suddenly. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z In its right talon the eagle is grasping what appear to be rather stylized thunderbolts, and in its left, arrows. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z At the noontide, a forked thunderbolt struck quivering down upon the oak; and in a moment shivered with resistless force the trunk and boughs, and the wreck lay scattered far around it in the forest. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Now suddenly the war has flamed over them again and they were caught, before they could escape, by thunderbolts out of the shining moonlight, terribly clear and revealing dead horses about the ruined streets. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z The fight began with a brilliant charge by Edmund at the head of his bodyguard, which crashed through the Danish phalanx "like a thunderbolt." Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z They were slain by Apollo for having forged the thunderbolt with which Zeus slew Asclepius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Thus they all came hopefully to the last day of their visit; and then at one o'clock in the day the thunderbolt fell. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z That one may cause to burst forth from bronze, thunderbolts more formidable than those produced by nature. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Mr. N—— started up as though a thunderbolt had fallen at his feet, and rushed forward to ascertain the truth of Lydia's remark, James and Lydia both following him. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z These words and the sight of the priest came like a thunderbolt upon the mob, and in an instant its fury was spent. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z It fell upon my head like a thunderbolt. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z The utter meanness and selfishness of my life burst upon me like a thunderbolt. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z From blacker cloud ne'er issu'd stormy blast, Nor thunderbolts of angry heaven were cast. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z All this is to come like a thunderbolt, and Russia, Spain, and the rest of the Powers friendly to England will not dare to move a finger to aid her. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z “Kearney!” was shouted enthusiastically along the Federal lines, while the fresh troops were hurled like thunderbolts upon the foe. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z No more of Britain and her kings renown'd, Edward's and Henry's thunderbolts of war; Her chiefs victorious o'er the Gallic foe; Illustrious senators, immortal bards, And wise philosophers, of these no more. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z A copper near the door started to intervene, but Black Hood stopped him with a narrow-eyed glance that held all the threat of a thunderbolt. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z Elate, the thunderbolt he braved, Long centuries his branches waved A welcome to the blast; An oak of broadest girth he grew, And woodman never dared to do What Time has done at last. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z He knew that he might launch at him, at any moment, the thunderbolt which would blast him. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The legend of Thor’s hammer, the thunderbolt, and the probability of the primitive hammer being a stone, adds plausibility to this derivation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z On not a few faces there498 will be uneasiness and alarm; on the ministerial bench some agitation, for it is there probably that the thunderbolts may fall. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z While yet affairs were under consideration, a terrific storm of vivid lightning, thunderbolts, and rain, as severe as ever known to any climate, burst upon us, and continued through the night more or less severe. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z This information was a thunderbolt to Cazalla, who had expected to be admitted to a reconciliation. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z The decision of the Court burst upon the postmasters-general like a thunderbolt. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The vision he saw smote him with beauty like a thunderbolt, and knocked him Saul-wise backward off the high horse of jaunty resolution into a new religion. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Pitt was evidently prepared to launch thunderbolts at the Administration. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z His words landed up against my happy thoughts like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z With a scream of rage she rushes from her hover, passes our friends swift as a thunderbolt, and is lost to view. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z As riving thunderbolts descend and split the solid rock, So may my curses split thy breast with their tremendous shock. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z But—yes! certainly—what better than the thunderbolts of Jove? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Then the final thunderbolt was launched by a higher power than Wiseman. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z No composer but Wagner could have imparted these qualities; but he was himself a sort of musical Jove, who wielded the scale like a thunderbolt. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z "They came down like a thunderbolt, struck two large boats manned with sailors coming to aid the people, and capsized them." The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z A thunderbolt fell and reduced the giantess to ashes. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z I did not think it amiss, certainly, that I was able to close by comparing the great agencies which the United Church would be able to employ to the thunderbolt itself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z The hearts of the great are at once tender as flowers and hard as the thunderbolt. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z Berlioz, a musical Titan, wrestled against fate with a superhuman energy, and, Jove-like, subjugated his hearers with his thunderbolts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Now you shall see how we must look out for our powder magazine, now that thunderbolts and meteors are falling. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z And suddenly, as he watched them burn, like a thunderbolt falling and tearing up the ground on which he stood, came the thought, "Then I am illegitimate." Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z It is then that I cry out, ‘thou sleepest, Jupiter! for what purpose then hast thou thy thunderbolts?’ Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z And there in the northern sky, somewhere over Minnesota, is the warlike Juno, goddess of marriage, hurling thunderbolts at Kim Kardashian’s planet E! After the Mississippi Vote, the 'Personhood' Fight Is Not Going Away 2011-11-10T10:05:35Z The taciturn general in Cuyo was, however, preparing a thunderbolt that would clear the Argentine sky of all these clouds except that most portentous of all—civil war. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z But exactly a week, less a day, from that Saturday on which I had held Evie in my arms there dropped a thunderbolt into my life. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z When I walked back into that gym it hit me like a thunderbolt. The Quad: A Basketball Film About So Much More 2011-11-04T16:13:32Z He warmed our houses by the stove which still bears his name, and protected us from the terrifying thunderbolt by his simple rod. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z There is an old and true saying that "when a man's life is lightning, his words will be thunderbolts." Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z Quicker than the thunderbolt he rushed from the house, and stood at the door just when Maulear seized her. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z "Give the gods as welcome a supplication, and the answer would come riding upon Jupiter's thunderbolts!" he responded. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z "Seize," cried they, "the thunderbolt of Liberty, and shatter Slavery to atoms, and then the Republic will live." Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z At last from the cloudy sky came the flash of lightning, and the thunderbolt was on the earth shaking it to its depth by the tremendous shock. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z As if struck by a thunderbolt the elephant stopped dead in its furious rush and sank on its knees only fifteen paces from me. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Catesby, who had watched her proceedings in silent astonishment, and was now advancing towards her, recoiled as if a thunderbolt had fallen at his feet. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Hence, the terrific thunderbolts of indignation and anathema which they have hurled at the characters of those distinguished men. Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities 2011-10-12T02:00:53.650Z So soon as he discovered, in the previous summer, that he was not to be removed, and had fresh thunderbolts to wield, he veiled himself from the inspection of Jefferson. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Science wrested from the gods their thunderbolts; and now the electric spark freighted with thought and love, flashes under all the waves of the sea. An Oration On The Life And Services Of Thomas Paine 2011-10-12T02:00:44.510Z While a thunderbolt leaves a monastery or a nunnery in existence, lightning has no avenging power! Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z And then, with all the majesty of Jove—if one may picture that deity as female, fifty, and New England incarnate—she launched her thunderbolt of Green Hill gossip. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z On all sides, standing in their solemn steadfastness, you see huge, gnarled, strangely-coloured and mossed oaks, some riven and laid bare from summit to root with the thunderbolts of past tempests. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Not very different was it when this Son of Man, dehumanized by despotism, made to wield the thunderbolts of Jove, reached in turn his inevitable Twilight. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Thunderbolt on thunderbolt, unchained, leap with angry roar into the surging horde, leaving havoc, ruin, and desolation in their lurid wake. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The publication of his Napoléon le Petit fell like a thunderbolt over both Paris and Brussels. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z Her manner was that of a woman accustomed to command, to receive homage, fearing nought, daring even to hurl her thunderbolts at crowned heads. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z His anger was rare, but it was terrible as a thunderbolt. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z The self-appointed messengers of Zeus had managed to vex this Prometheus who brought fire to men, but could not persuade him to whine for mercy, nor did the predicted thunderbolts come. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The flaming Seraph of Christianity, winged with truth and armed with the lightning sword of Jehovah and the blasting thunderbolts of Jupiter, sweeps triumphant through the whole drama. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z In Manila, to those who could judge of the facts on the spot, this defence came as a thunderbolt. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z The young man's voice sank to a tone of awe as he pronounced the dreadful name, and he glanced about him as though he half expected a thunderbolt to fall. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z I asked you to come here because it was the King's wish, and you know that Jupiter launches his thunderbolts at anyone who thwarts his will. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z So soon did Erskine point the satire of the fable he quoted from Lucian, in Paine's defence, of Jupiter answering arguments with thunderbolts. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Yet it must not be thought that our poet was forever forging thunderbolts of satire at the blaze of his wrath. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Let us look to the course of his feelings when the thunderbolt of his fortune was expended at Moscow. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z “It was like a thunderbolt from the sky,” Dr. Decroo said. Small Fixes: Patient Groups Help Share the Burdens of Living With AIDS 2011-09-26T22:14:52Z He beams and smiles like Apollo, but all the time he is terrible as the god of thunderbolts. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z A thunderbolt could alone have saved us, and every day, by some new fatality or other, our chances diminished. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z His forehead, not too high, was broad and commanding, a fit arsenal for those thunderbolts of invective that he knew so well how to employ. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z They awaken in us that primal fear that thunderbolts were flung from heaven.” A Falling Satellite Catches the Popular Imagination 2011-09-22T18:40:48Z The thunderbolt hit us, out of a clear sky, the fust week in September. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z He drew back as though struck by a thunderbolt. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z The bird at his side was clearly the eagle that once carried in its claws the terrible thunderbolts. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z The point of the advancing column strikes 220 The crescent's centre with assault most fell Of brimstone, red and blue, and flames, with stroke On stroke and quick-succeeding thunderbolts A piercing cry ascends. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Upon many merchants and City men the news fell like a thunderbolt, for financial ruin stared them in the face. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z On Mr. McDonald, the news of his son-in-law's failure fell like a thunderbolt and affected him more than it did Daisy. Daisy Thornton 2011-09-19T02:00:12.793Z In days of yore, the old castle of Stolpen was the property of the Bishops of Meissen, and stood forth to view, magnificent though gloomy, with its pointed towers, which not even thunderbolts could destroy. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z When I visited him at Weimar I involuntarily glanced around to see if I might not behold at his side the eagle with the thunderbolt in its beak. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z The entire universe is about to perish through the too close proximity of the flaming chariot, when Jupiter strikes the imprudent Phaeton with his thunderbolts. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z Down two sets to Murray, he took the third, then in the fourth forced a tiebreak, normally catnip with his thunderbolt serve. Straight Sets: Open Moment: Big Serves and Cool Cosmos 2011-09-13T17:58:21Z "I had property there, and I have it there still," said he, "but those places to me are abhorrent, for misfortunes alone struck me there, just like thunderbolts." On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z She stood for a moment as if struck by a thunderbolt. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z Page 64—were amended to where—"... where he manufactured Jupiter’s thunderbolts, ..." The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z "Silence, you scoundrels! may the thunderbolts split you!" cried he, in a suppressed voice. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Once she brought a hailstorm upon us, and God's thunderbolt smote the village in three places. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z In a flash Charnyetski appeared like a thunderbolt before the front of the squadrons. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Dickens fired another thunderbolt, in Our Mutual Friend, to set the world thinking about its method of teaching children, by his brief description of Pleasant Riderhood, the daughter of Rogue Riderhood. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Apollo was much grieved, and, as he could not take revenge on Jupiter, he killed the Cyclops who forged the thunderbolts. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z May the thunderbolts shatter me if I would not have done so! Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z About fifty yards ahead of the wagon was a large hole in the road that had been torn up by the fury of that thunderbolt which had so terrified us. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z If we are to advance like a thunderbolt,—and our entire calculation lies in swiftness,—I do not know whether the Prussian and Swedish cavalry will be useful. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The blow which he had so long dreaded had fallen like a thunderbolt and threatened to destroy his home. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z For this theft, Jupiter struck her dead with a thunderbolt, and changed her into the whirlpool which bears her name. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Only on the next day did Zagloba make a direct attack on her and inquire, "Well, little haiduk, a thunderbolt, as it were, struck Pan Adam?" Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Then he saw her furious as the winds, By Boreas rudely driven, Wild as the storm, when Jove hurls down His thunderbolts from Heaven. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z Kmita rushed at these commands like a thunderbolt, beat them, hanged men, escaped, hid, and again sailed out on a wave of fire; but still he could not advance so swiftly as at first. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z I see the same serried ranks of orthodoxy marshalled by bishops and priests, arrayed in all the splendour of prescriptive right, armed with mighty weapons of authority and thunderbolts of Church anathemas. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z He had a blacksmith shop in Lemnos, where he manufactured Jupiter’s thunderbolts, and the arms of the other gods. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z "It must be that he returned with a proposition ready, in which he saw his own happiness; meanwhile a thunderbolt, as it were, fell." Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Flash after flash it went through, and then came the heavy thunderbolt. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z At last tidings came; but like thunderbolts, and all the more so that by a peculiar concurrence of circumstances all came in one evening. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Is man's power greater than God's, and can he thus play with the thunderbolts of the divine displeasure? My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z He intended also to steal Jove’s thunderbolts, but was fearful they would burn him. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z May the thunderbolt strike you, and your ways! Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z It was this quiet household on which a thunderbolt fell one day. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z The soul changed in me in one moment, as if a thunderbolt had shaken it. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z There is no discrimination used; the thunderbolt is launched into a crowd: it falls on the head of the "sinless son," and crushes the innocent, while the sinner goes free. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z The latter skirmished just long enough to turn in the vanguards of the main storm, but took to its heels the moment the thunderbolt phalanx was launched upon it. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z O Great God!" said he, "inscrutable are Thy decrees; and if Thou dost not shatter this traitor with Thy thunderbolts. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z And his only hope lay in reaching them before the avenger, astride the big horse that was speeding on his trail like a black thunderbolt, could bring his rider within pistol-shot distance of him. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z He sprang therefore like a thunderbolt at the little knight, and the little knight at him. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z When Zeus struck Erechtheus with a thunderbolt, the spot on the Acropolis where the lightning struck may likewise have become an ἁβατον. Problems in Periclean Buildings 2011-08-26T02:00:29.353Z The thunderbolt of a living, breathing "Calamity Jane" striking at my feet from a clear sky is my biggest thing. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z How is it, that a thunderbolt has not stricken you down before now? The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Oh, well, the whole thing was so atrocious that I offered my friend the New York "Asteroid" in which to hurl back any epistolary thunderbolt he should care to manufacture. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z From the mouth of the worthy prince of the church there came words like thunderbolts, and the souls of the hearers opened to the truth, almost as flowers open to the sun. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The persons and palaces of mythical kings appear to have been a favorite mark for the thunderbolt of Zeus. Problems in Periclean Buildings 2011-08-26T02:00:29.353Z And now, after all the years, Fate grinned at him like a gargoyle from the cloud, holding the thunderbolt to destroy him! The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Vitkovski was next, and sprang to help; and him this Radzivill cut down before my eyes, as if a thunderbolt had struck him. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Little could all the solid strength of the very foundations of the world itself avail against the thunderbolt of God. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Frequently had he said in intimate company, in drink; "More than one deed was done for which the thunderbolt should have fallen, but it fell not." The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z The tradition preserved in Hyginus is an illustration, and tempts one to seek in the vicinity of the Erechtheum for some record of the thunderbolt. Problems in Periclean Buildings 2011-08-26T02:00:29.353Z Great national calamities like wars, proscriptions, and revolutions, are like thunderbolts, striking mostly the objects of greatest elevation. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z "May the bright thunderbolts crush them!" muttered another dragoon. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z At last, after so long a time, it came to me as if a thunderbolt had come from Heaven, that these statues and images and relics could do me no good. The Demands of Rome Her Own Story of Thirty-One Years as a Sister of Charity in the Order of the Sisters of Charity of Providence of the Roman Catholic Church 2011-08-18T02:00:21.113Z This discovery fell upon his wife, three of the sons, and all the daughters, like a thunderbolt. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Pausanias records the tradition that at the time Zeus hurled the thunderbolt which destroyed Semele and her bridal chamber a log fell from heaven which Polydorus adorned with bronze and called Dionysus Cadmus. Problems in Periclean Buildings 2011-08-26T02:00:29.353Z In that pitch-black darkness, that almost sulphurous air, it seemed as if a thunderbolt must fall. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z He held his head erect while speaking; his dark eyes shot lightnings, his mouth thunderbolts; his iron-gray beard trembled with excitement when he described the future misfortunes of the land. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z That is nothing!" cried Volodyovski But through his head that moment there flew like thunderbolts the questions: "What will happen if the horses do not hold out? With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The heir had resolved to enter the House if possible, and his proclamation fell on Stirmingham, not like a thunderbolt, but like the very apple of discord dropped from heaven. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z This kannakkôl is the instrument by which these robbers bore holes in walls and enter buildings, and some robbers say they get it from a thunderbolt. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z As if struck by a thunderbolt, I had almost fallen to the ground, and could make no answer. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z And he sprang at them, like a thunderbolt. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z At last Vurtsel's guns began to vomit iron and fire; then smoke hid the light, the air was red, the terrified cattle were as if cut by a thunderbolt. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z In the midst of connubial and communal peace the thunderbolt has fallen on the King. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z But German newspapers summed up the general sentiment, with Die Welt calling the news a “thunderbolt” and saying Standard & Poor’s was “brave” to downgrade the United States. Nations React to Downgrade of U.S. Debt 2011-08-06T16:03:22Z This terrible announcement was as a thunderbolt at the very feet of the poor lady, who fell to the floor as one dead. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z The poor fellow dropped as if struck by a thunderbolt, while the strong white teeth of the lion fastened immediately upon his shoulder. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z If I lie, may a thunderbolt strike me!" said Zagloba, with importance, "for this is a sacred thing. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z He is clothed by them in storms and clouds, as the heathen Jove was depicted grasping in his hand a sheaf of thunderbolts. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z Yet the thunderbolt had not fallen, nor the earth quaked on that day; for, hard as it was to believe, much as it contradicted the traditions of the people, the marriage had taken place. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z But even before his note of warning could reach the ears it was meant for, the thunderbolt of vengeance had fallen--fearfully, terribly indeed! For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The sermon fell on the congregation like a thunderbolt from a cloudless sky. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z Thunderbolt followed thunderbolt; there remained only war and war. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Gabriel felt as if a blazing thunderbolt had fallen in the depths of his soul. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z But that a Christian should marry a Jewess, without priest or altar, and that there was a country in the world where this could happen, without fear of an avenging thunderbolt! Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z I can read and write too.—Hm," he thought to himself, "the man who invented writing—what the thunderbolt did he invent it for? King Matthias and the Beggar Boy 2011-07-24T02:00:11.047Z And that boy's eyes struck me like a thunderbolt. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z I tell you there is a lion in me and I feel no alarm; but I would that a blazing thunderbolt might crush them all before morning. 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