| 单词 | thunderclap |
| 例句 | That point would be marked by a gigantic thunderclap, after which Alvarez would haul his gangly frame into the tube to strip away the stalagmites and stalactites and buff the surface smooth. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Lightning would strike from the sky any instant; there would be a thunderclap, a boll of smoke, a silence, footsteps on the path, a rap on the crystalline door, and her running to answer.... The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind-whipped raindrops stung our skin, and every thunderclap sounded like a bomb. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Black and purple clouds were swirling across it, and as another thunderclap sounded outside, a fork of lightning flashed across it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His outstretched hands were inches from taking hold of her when a thunderclap shook the basement, accompanied by a brief moment of blackness. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Thor’s booming guffaws, each louder than a thunderclap, mingled with Odin’s dry laughter, with Balder’s bell-like laughter... Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The bomb’s thunderclap bounced off the mountains and echoed back and forth across the desert. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He grinned at her, his smile sudden and jarring as a thunderclap, his eyes the near-black of bitter coffee. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The moment my back was turned, the odors of swamp mud and decaying leaves drove out the tang of wood smoke, and darkness flowed in like a thunderclap. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When they were about fifty yards from the base, a thunderclap rattled Hazels bones, and a curtain of ice that would have covered Camp Jupiter calved away and fell toward them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The dizziness strikes you like a thunderclap, everything lurches, moves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This was because Aunt Gloria shouted it out like a thunderclap. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched him pushing out his lips, trying to gather back his pride, his anger, all that thunderclap he’d first come striding in here with. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Genie felt like he was standing in the middle of a thunderclap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Instead he uttered a decree that came like a thunderclap out of the storm of his language. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As he ran, flinching at every thunderclap, he began to feel guilty about sneaking away from the house. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And like a giant exclamation point on her words, the world lets loose a violent thunderclap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Rising on its hind legs, it bared its teeth and bellowed out a thunderclap of a roar. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Ivy’s heart exploded, a lightning bolt through her middle, a thunderclap in her chest. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Ah, but so help me, it is my business," Billy said with a thunderclap of laughter. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z A thunderclap filled the hall, a light burst like a crimson sun, and the broken weapon fell in pieces to the ground. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, the spectacle began with a thunderclap—the beating of a gavel and the call of the sergeant at arms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I seemed to be less shocked by it now than I had the first time last August, when it had broken over our heads like a thunderclap in a flawless sky. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Moments of stillness are followed by thunderclaps of noise. Eilliott Carter: music of storms and stillness 2013-06-07T08:00:27Z Together, they offer thoughtful and relatively snark-free criticism, while also hamming it up for their new, godly roles — swirling white capes, making entrances to a thunderclap soundtrack, and the like. Netflix's "Crazy Delicious" is a fever dream competition that crafts inventive food for the gods 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The furious fiddling climaxes, and like a thunderclap the title flashes on the screen: Beasts of the Southern Wild. Beasts of the Southern Wild: A Child's Garden of Wonders 2012-06-26T10:45:42Z From then on, ironies are sounded like thunderclaps, as if pitched at the intellectually hard of hearing. | ?Frankenstein?: It?s (Gasp!) Alive, Not to Mention Peeved 2011-02-24T19:09:14Z It’s not the thunderclap of tragedy that plagues his characters, after all, but nagging, incurable heart cramps. Theater Review: ‘Uncle Vanya,’ Adapted by Annie Baker, at Soho Rep 2012-06-18T02:00:00Z When it's all over but the crying there's no doubt we'll wish for more time with the Roys while appreciating that Armstrong and the cast are ending the show while its thunderclaps still shake us. Ready to reinvest in "Succession"? Skim the Roys' portfolio to get up to speed in time for Season 4 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z In 1994 it broke over my head like a thunderclap, and in 1990s Britain this touchstone of cool seemed to extend its dangerous influence everywhere: movies, fiction, journalism, media, fashion, restaurants, you name it. Pulp Fiction review – Tarantino's mesmeric thriller still breathtaking 20 years on 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z You can trace the distinct periods in his style until that gorgeous moment when his voice arrives, like a thunderclap. Times Critics Discuss the Year in Books, From Triumphs to Disappointments 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The late set, which began like a thunderclap and ended as an oceanic swell, was most intriguing for the contrast between its two frontmen, each a different kind of heir to the Coltrane sound. Music Review: Big Bang?s Echoes, 50 Years Later 2011-04-22T21:52:51Z It begins with a fog-shrouded coffin and then a thunderclap — an abrupt sound effect that set many in the audience laughing. Review: In This Solo ‘Christmas Carol,’ the Night Is Never Silent 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Howling desert winds set the tone of a high school hallway smackdown; a few scenes later, a bedroom fist fight climaxes with a clatter of bells, thunderclaps and an eagle screech. ‘Polite Society’ Review: Pride and Plenty of Fists 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Beware of the echoey acoustics though; every cough, or seat snapping back into position, sounds like a thunderclap. Cine-files: Castro Theatre, San Francisco 2013-06-04T14:05:00Z His death scene is still recalled as a thunderclap of theatrical magic. Norman Lloyd: Hitchcock's Saboteur Is a World-Class Raconteur 2012-05-26T23:41:42Z At the gala, Gielen heard directly from youth who stuttered about bullying and marginalization, experienced a “thunderclap, kind of life-changing moment” witnessing a young child speak and receive palpable, crucial validation rather than mocking. 'We know exactly what we want to say': inside a film that normalizes stuttering 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z The submissive gets cropped, doesn’t like it and walks out, in an ending that is startlingly abrupt — and, to one impressionable audience of New York critics, the cue for a thunderclap of pig-snorts. Review: 'Fifty Shades of Grey': Where's the Wicked Whiplash? 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z For 16 years, ever since his “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” arrived with a box office thunderclap, Hollywood has been underestimating Tyler Perry and his work. The Best and Worst Moments of the 2021 Oscars 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z The meticulously prepared, relentlessly probing truth-seeker delivered countless thunderclap exposés and practically patented the ambush interview, pouncing on corrupt politicians and shady businessmen to demand answers with his camera crew trailing behind. How Mike Wallace created ‘a revolution’ in journalism — while battling depression 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z The sight gags have a marvelous thunderclap suddenness to them. ‘The Nut Job’: Animated comedy is a crackup 2014-01-16T21:59:42Z Every 10 minutes or so, a thunderclap rang out and a chunk of ice plummeted from the Margerie’s mile-wide blue face, creating an epic splash. A D.I.Y. Trip Through Alaska’s Inside Passage 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z If you have a strong stomach and a love of danger, get British actor and professional thunderclap Miriam on your sofa. Six to watch: Perfect chatshow guests 2012-11-08T16:30:10Z The production, largely well acted and vividly staged, opens with a thunderclap, an apt harbinger of the stormy tale to unfold. Review: In ‘Pericles,’ Much Ado About a Lot of Things 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The interval between the flashes of light and the thunderclaps became about a second. Father's Day, every day, with my disabled son 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Now, with the publication of her first book-length collection in English, “Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm,” in a lyrical translation by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, a new audience has a chance to hear the thunderclap. Review | Poet Yu Xiuhua became a viral sensation. Her first book-length collection in English translation deserves to bring her an even bigger audience. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z In his Life of Pi, which tonight opens the New York Film Festival in a thunderclap announcing the shock of the new, the Taiwan-born American director piles visual miracle atop emotional epiphany. Ang Lee's Life of Pi: The Next Avatar 2012-09-29T00:40:28Z The thunderclaps startle, the lightning flashes, the wind roars, the horses pound at all the right moments, with Al Sirkett designing the sound. 'The Salvation' a western that gets lost in the genre 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z In such tautly pristine arrangements a lone chord can arrive like a thunderclap. Music Review: Ryan Adams at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-07T22:57:44Z And summer is the best season for it, when so many outdoor concerts are accompanied by breezes, winds, drizzles, downpours, thunderclaps, birdsong and sumptuous waves of insect chatter. Can listening to nature improve how we listen to music? 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z It alternately whispers like wind passing through conch shells, gurgles like an old man laughing and assaults the senses with cataclysmic thunderclaps. Arts: ?Audium? and ?The Wave Organ?: The Sounds of Art 2010-03-28T02:41:00Z His laughter, like a thunderclap, filled the room. Searching for the Past in Cameroon, Only to Find It Is Still Very Present 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z For all its sensitivity to flow, the group could crush your skull when you least expected it, going from near-silence to a thunderclap. Smashing Pumpkins revisit breakthrough albums 2011-11-27T21:47:00Z Bill Clegg’s debut novel, “Did You Ever Have a Family,” arrives amid a thunderclap of industry hubbub that any writer of quiet, mournful fiction would die for. Bill Clegg’s ‘Did You Ever Have a Family’ navigates grief and recovery 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Which is lucky, because on one occasion when she mentions marriage, he literally hears a thunderclap from overhead. Natalie Haynes's guide to TV detectives: #15 – Montalbano 2012-08-13T10:31:04Z Instead, “Fallout” arrived as a cultural thunderclap, receiving joyous reviews from critics, stirring lively ticket-buyer conversation online and taking in a stout $61.5 million over its first three days in North American theaters. Cruise’s Latest ‘Mission: Impossible’ Is a Huge No. 1, Lifting Paramount 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr Lightbody added the drummer's nickname is 'thunderclap' because he "hit the snare drum so hard he was prone to smash right through the drumskin." Snow Patrol: Jonny Quinn and Paul Wilson leave band 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z From footsteps to thunderclaps, little is heard on set other than the actors’ dialogue. How these suburban vampires got help with home renovation — and late-night shopping 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Silence is integral to our everyday experience: the awkward pause in a conversation, the second after a thunderclap, the moment after a piece of music ends before the applause begins. Do We Actually ‘Hear’ Silence? 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z But when “The Swimming-Pool Library” came out, it was like a thunderclap. The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z If you hear what sounds like a thunderclap, but there isn’t a cloud in the sky, the source of the noise might just be a sonic boom. What is a sonic boom—and is it dangerous? 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z A slowing economy and a remote-work thunderclap have emptied offices across the country, with some warning of a ticking time bomb in the commercial real estate market. Can Apple Take the Metaverse Mainstream? 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z A slowing economy and a remote-work thunderclap have emptied offices across the country, with some warning of a ticking bomb in the commercial real estate market. Hotelier Writes Off San Francisco, Citing ‘Major Challenges’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The light rises and fades while faint thunderclaps can be heard — sounds that in fact are a slowed-down recording of clay being knocked out of brick molds, the artist explained. Light, sound show transforms Berlin museum’s exhibits 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Here, they erupt in a thunderclap of rage and mania and swiftly culminate in Lear and his shabby party taking refuge in decaying wreckage left over from one of his wars. Review | This ‘King Lear’ might be the best our theater critic has ever seen 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z It struck Majors like a thunderclap how his teacher transformed with laser-like focus into someone else on stage. Jonathan Majors flexes his acting muscle, turns heavyweight 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z A tremendous thunderclap shattered windows all over the city, the flying glass accounting for most of the roughly 1,500 people injured in the event. The Asteroid Blast That Shook the World Is Still Making an Impact 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The players with the speed and power and angles to deliver the thunderclap blows that would make a packed stadium go “OOOH!” showed obvious restraint, veering off course at the last second. Big hits are discouraged at the Senior Bowl. So how do big hitters stand out? 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Sometimes storms seem to linger directly overhead, impervious to the wind’s whims, exploding every few seconds in thunderclaps and piercing, neon bolts. A Mississippi River journey by kayak brings lessons in history, friendship and life 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z UC-Berkeley’s law school, ranked ninth, had done so on Nov. 17, one day after the thunderclap from schools at Yale and Harvard. Law school revolt against U.S. News rankings gains steam 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z So he started doing a live performance of the video, reading the same script with the same soundtrack, including thunderclaps that preceded the music. How a Trump soundtrack became a QAnon phenomenon 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z That is a thunderclap of a statement because sheriffs routinely assert that they are answerable only to voters, and previous attorneys general have rarely argued otherwise. Column: California’s top cop sends message to sheriffs statewide: Nobody is above the law 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z But the news of her death still landed with a thunderclap across the British realm, where she was a widely revered figure viewed as an anchor of stability. Your Friday Briefing 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z But news of her death still landed with a thunderclap across the British realm, where the queen was a revered figure and an anchor of stability. Queen Elizabeth’s Death Comes at Moment of Great Uncertainty for Britain 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Until thunderclaps and lightning halted play at 4:32 p.m., just over four hours of matches were contested. At Citi Open, men’s and women’s seeds tumble as rain ravages schedule 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The news hit like a thunderclap this week. Opinion | Joe Manchin shocks Republicans by revealing he is a Democrat 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z The Iceland fans were fantastic too, doing the thunderclap and singing back and forth across the stands. 'I got the keeper's gloves' - your Euros experiences 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Then, after supporting roles in “Dominick and Eugene” and “Field of Dreams” came the thunderclap of “Goodfellas,” the role that would define the rest of his career. More than just 'Goodfellas,' Ray Liotta found range. Here are our favorite roles 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Levels of suffering that once felt like thunderclaps now resemble a metronome's clicks — the background noise against which everyday life plays. Dear Donald Trump: No, America is definitely not OK. It's your fault — and ours too 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Politico’s story struck like a thunderclap when posted at 8:32 p.m. Politico’s Supreme Court scoop boosts security concerns 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z “I don’t have a basement or anywhere to shelter. I’m not afraid anymore. I hear this every day,” said Kadavy, his tired eyes unflinching as a thunderclap of artillery sounded. 'How many graves? Go count them': Russia batters Ukraine's east 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Cities are nearly impossible; sound waves bounce off buildings in erratic ways, and thunderclaps can set off car alarms. How to Record Thunderstorms 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s tempting to describe her elevation to the court like a thunderclap, something sudden and jolting. Perspective | Ketanji Brown Jackson and a marathon of hope 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Even now, more than five weeks later, the children from Mango Island still often run or cower when they hear a thunderclap or loud noise. Uncertain future for islanders who survived Tongan eruption 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Amid thunderclaps and more swirling waters, a giant squid — or Kraken, if you will — tentacle was lowered from the arena’s rafters in the dark. Kraken notes: Splashy pregame introductions finally ready to go at Climate Pledge Arena 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z At the speed of sound, waves pile up and combine to reach the ground as an abrupt change in pressure that is heard as that thunderclap sound. Can Supersonic Air Travel Fly Again? 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The news that the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. plans to give out nominations and awards for next year’s 79th Golden Globes hit Hollywood like a thunderclap. The Golden Globes want to make a comeback this year. Hollywood isn't buying it 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Studios had “their own thunderclap, their own horse whinny, their own gunshot — I became very interested in the provenance of them.” How the Wilhelm scream became Hollywood’s ultimate ‘secret’ sound effect 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z It ended with the thunderclap of 9/11, which shattered long-standing assumptions about technology and civilization advancing in tandem. Opinion | The impatient Biden administration needs a dose of epistemic humility 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Cohen, the lawyer rescued via crane, said he and his wife were asleep when he heard what sounded like a loud thunderclap. Harrowing Condo Collapse Near Miami Prompts Frantic Search for Survivors 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Four of them were ascending for another run when they heard “the thunderclap of a collapse,” Hardesty said. Skier survived avalanche by clinging to tree before saving 2 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Notwithstanding claims of biosignature gases on Venus and tales of U.F.O. sightings collected by the Pentagon, the discovery of life, let alone intelligence, out there would be a psychological thunderclap of cosmic and historic proportions. Was That a Dropped Call From ET? 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z For some, the revelation earlier this month hit like a thunderclap, upending how they thought about the school. How one very old Census record spurred a reckoning at Johns Hopkins University 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z When the University of California's Board of Regents got a close look at the numbers in September, it was the visual equivalent of a thunderclap. Fear and loathing as colleges face another season of red ink 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z We are all huddled together in the moment after the lightning, waiting for the thunderclap. Opinion | Our national nightmare is at last over or possibly just beginning 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z From there, my marriage began to fall apart, my post-traumatic stress began to flare with devastating thunderclaps of emotion and — when the pain became too much — I began thinking about killing myself. Opinion | I’m a veteran who was suicidal. It’s a good thing I didn’t have access to a gun. 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Disney+ created a cultural thunderclap in early July, when it released a live capture of the original “Hamilton” stage production. Disney, Staggered by Pandemic, Sees a Streaming Boom 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Each was a loud thunderclap, a sudden affirmative whomping, followed by puffs of black smoke. 'A chain of stupidity': the Skripal case and the decline of Russia's spy agencies 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z “I heard this loud sound like a thunderclap and thought lightning … knocked me down. I looked up and the sky was clear,” he recalled. Mississippi judge eager to return to work after being shot 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z Everywhere and always in Idlib, there is the thunderclap of shelling or the menacing roar of the jets. Inside embattled Idlib province: A Syrian offensive wreaks terror on children 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z On Kevin Harlan’s most emphatic calls, his voice seems to start in his chest, rising from somewhere near his sternum and escaping his lips like a thunderclap. From black cat to two games at once, the delightfully weird play-by-play of Kevin Harlan 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The Post/ABC poll was conducted before news of Bolton’s claims regarding Trump and Ukraine broke over Washington like a thunderclap. Trump's standing against Democratic candidates improves, new poll shows 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z For a few days, Trump’s Mar-a-Lago tweetstorms were like thunderclaps on a distant horizon; I knew the weather was bad on the Internet, and I happily stayed away. Our Year of Trumpschmerz 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Jones recalls a boom, which he said ricocheted with 17 thunderclaps as it bounced between the stratosphere and ocean. He saw a Marshall Islands nuclear bomb test up close. It's haunted him since 1952 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z The list of the missing was topped by Usain Bolt, a thunderclap on the track and the fastest man ever. At Track’s World Championships, Heat and a Hunt for Stars 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z It was the thunderclap moment when black voters saw that Obama could win. Opinion | What I learned about the Democrats at a family barbecue in North Carolina 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Digital voices may be the language we use today, but they are like raindrops, and to get people to move, to make real change, sometimes you need a massive, booming thunderclap. LOVERRO: Real voices stand out amid background noise of social media 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The age of the large factory had begun with a thunderclap. How espionage and ambition built the first factory 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z It was a thunderclap that demonstrated Amazon’s ever-growing ambitions and all but assured that e-commerce was about to rattle one of the last corners of retail to remain insulated from digital transformation. Two years in, Amazon has hardly launched a revolution at Whole Foods 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Then Mrs. May and Mr. Corbyn vanished into a room with their teams, and, shortly thereafter, a great thunderclap split the air above Westminster. May and Corbyn, Old Adversaries, Gingerly Weigh an Odd Couple Partnership 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z At 4:05 p.m., a thunderclap rumbled around the capital, and hail began to fall. Where’s the Mueller Report? Washington Barely Handled the Anticipation 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The human voice, on the right stage, can be that thunderclap. LOVERRO: Real voices stand out amid background noise of social media 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z In spite of all this, there was no thunderclap moment. Simone Biles: 'I go to therapy, because at times I didn't want to set foot in the gym' 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z They’ve even done what appears to be their version of the Icelandic thunderclap, just to make Harry Kane have nightmares of some rubbish corners. Tottenham v Internazionale: Champions League – live! 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z He said European leaders had been united after what he described as Britain’s “thunderclap” decision to leave the European Union and took pains not to inflame May’s sticky political situation in London. Brexit deal: Theresa May gets cabinet approval for her draft agreement 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Compared to the surrounding works, these two spare geometries arrive with the force of a thunderclap. Review: The artwork of Adrian Piper makes a stern proclamation: 'Everything will be taken away' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z On waking, he realized that what he had heard was a real thunderclap, experienced on the threshold between sleep and wakefulness. How the Composer George Benjamin Finally Found His Voice 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z In decisions that landed like thunderclaps, the court cemented a vision of the Constitution that most Americans no longer held. When the Supreme Court Lurches Right 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Tuesday’s legal thunderclaps laid bare the vulnerability now facing the president. After two convictions, pressure mounts on Trump 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z But in Alaska, and especially in Fairbanks, Sam’s exit was a thunderclap and a symbol of an anxious new economic chapter for the state. Reeling From the ‘Year Without a Sam’s Club,’ Alaskans Wonder: What’s Next? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z I was halfway across the park when I heard a thunderclap. Rainy Day Walk 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Hybels, the two pastors he chose as his successors and his board of elders have all been brought down by a gathering storm of allegations that ended in a thunderclap. Willow Creek Church’s Lead Pastor and Board of Elders Resign 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z One especially violent thunderclap struck as we were discussing Russia. George Soros Bet Big on Liberal Democracy. Now He Fears He Is Losing. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z They celebrated at the final whistle, of course, their 4-2 victory over Croatia confirmed: Hugo Lloris led his teammates in an Icelandic thunderclap. France, a World Cup Champion That Stood Above It All in Russia 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The swarm of transactions served as a pleasing appetizer to LeBron James’s decision to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, which produced a thunderclap across the league. Wizards must practice patience in NBA free agency 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Still, the “thunderclap” chant performed by Iceland’s fans before Saturday’s match was impressive. Iceland stops Messi, and a World Cup tie with Argentina feels like a massive win 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z The Icelandic fairytale is made more charming by its vociferous and passionate fans, who made the “thunderclap” war chant the soundtrack of that summer in France in 2016. WORLD CUP: Tiny Iceland continues to live the dream 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z But in this case, the man who ate the Reaper began suffering “thunderclap” headaches and was diagnosed with RCSV, or reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. It turns out eating a paralyzingly hot chili pepper can have negative effects on your body - Golf Digest 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z It passed, but over the next few days he experienced more thunderclap headaches — that’s the clinical term — so he sought medical attention. He Ate the World’s Hottest Pepper, Then Landed in the Hospital With ‘Thunderclap’ Headaches 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z It passed, but over the next few days he experienced more thunderclap headaches — that is the clinical term — so he sought medical attention. Man who ate world’s hottest pepper lands in hospital 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z He struck the keys with his fists or elbows, producing enormous thunderclaps of sound, and occasionally interrupted his marathon solos with screams, chanting or dancing. Cecil Taylor, pianist who was ‘the eternal outer curve of the avant-garde,’ dies at 89 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z That Shakespearean thunderclap was her first time back on stage in 25 years. Glenda Jackson steals the show in a thrilling, emotionally affecting 'Three Tall Women' on Broadway 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z When SpaceX’s Falcon 9 boosters land, they break the sound barrier and create shock waves in the air that sound like loud thunderclaps. What it was like to watch the Falcon Heavy fly 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z But Tuesday’s announcement landed like a thunderclap — sending stocks for insurers and other major health companies tumbling. Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Team Up to Try to Disrupt Health Care 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The patient was fine, with no lingering damage, but thunderclap headaches are not to be dismissed. Man who ate world’s hottest pepper lands in hospital 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z And yet the announcement on Friday still hit the White House like a thunderclap. Flynn’s Guilty Plea Looms Over a White House on the Verge of a Tax Cut Success 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z That match in France showed the wider soccer world a post-game thunderclap exchange between players and fans that is now Iceland’s signature. Iceland eyes ‘romantic’ World Cup debut against Messi 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Expecting more success in Russia might be optimistic, but with Iceland’s passionate fans and their “thunderclap” chant, nothing can be ruled out. WORLD CUP DRAW: Guide to Pot 3 featuring newcomer Iceland 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Tuesday’s thunderclap exposed the threadbare relationship Trump has with the GOP. ‘Dangerous,’ ‘utterly untruthful’: Two retiring GOP senators sound alarm on Trump 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z On the field in Reykjavik, Iceland’s players led their fans in the now-traditional thunderclap. A Day of Magical Soccer, Around the World 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z The players - led by bearded captain Aron Gunnarsson - danced and, of course, performed one more rendition of the thunderclap to the backdrop of a beating drum. Iceland’s fairytale journey heading for World Cup in Russia 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z These bugs can hit 120 decibels, the intensity of a thunderclap. This Bug's Penis Is a Built-In Violin 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z How might the US ever induce such a diplomatic thunderclap even if we wanted to? The Next Steps in the North Korea Crisis 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Both men vied for the Australian Open in a thunderclap of a final, but Federer wrenched it away after five sets. What will tennis look like after Federer? Can it still be both beautiful and fun? 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Then the thunderclap: “Going to New York next week for more meetings.” On Vacation in New Jersey, Trump Says Next Stop Is New York 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Each station includes a sound level meter and a recorder that runs for 30 days, collecting every birdsong, thunderclap and rumble of cars on the road. Human noise pollution is everywhere, even in the national parks 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z When Bob’s will is probated in the coming months, an eye-popping, nine-figure deposit will land at the Robert I. Schattner Foundation, creating a thunderclap in Washington’s philanthropic community. Perspective | The dentist who became one of the richest people in Washington 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Nascar also announced a new penalty structure along with some rule changes, though nothing as earthshaking as the thunderclap of a change in the format for deciding who is the sport’s top driver. Drivers, Start Your Calculators: Nascar Introduces New Scoring System 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Judge James L. Robart wore a bow tie to the hearing, opened with a joke and finished with a thunderclap. Meet the Bush-nominated federal judge who halted Trump’s executive order 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The Tofflers went on to write other books, but none carried the thunderclap of the first. Seattle’s future isn’t what it used to be 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z A thunderclap sounded around the aquatics stadium and echoed across the food court. Rio 2016: amid the politics Olympics were a kaleidoscopic fortnight of sport | Andy Bull 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Role models often appear with a thunderclap, a bright flash on a dark horizon, but can feel remote and evaporate just as quickly. The Lives They Lived 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z But, imagine a classroom being shaken by a sound louder than a rock concert; a sound as loud as a thunderclap or a chainsaw. Belfast teacher still in class of her own for shouting - BBC News 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z Was it the thunderclap of a late summer night? In a Fictional Pub, a Tale of a Bombing. A Block Away, a Very Real Explosion. 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Not so long ago, a new computer OS was a huge deal, developed in secret and released with a marketing thunderclap. Daily Report: A New Android for a New Tech World 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The thunderclaps mean that big shifts may not be far away. Practical Fixes for a Broken Washington 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z As he was being presented a base signed by team mates and a framed No. 13 Yankees uniform by owner Steinbrenner, a thunderclap boomed and a lightning bolt lit the Bronx sky. Rodriguez helps Yanks to victory in pinstripe farewell 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z At that precise moment, a thunderclap boomed over the Bronx. Alex Rodriguez Ends His Complicated Career as a Yankee 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z Leading up to the episode, the skies darkened quickly in the area over the park in the Hudson Valley city and there were several loud thunderclaps, the mayor said. Lightning Strike in Poughkeepsie Injures 5 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z One thunderclap, he said, “was loud enough to startle some people and induce applause afterward.” Water rescues in flooded Howard County; rain in D.C. upstages Billy Joel concert 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z The thunderclap ruling is right on the legal and constitutional merits, but the larger political question is whether Republicans should adopt a conscience rule to unbind the delegates in Cleveland next week. Trump and the Delegates 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z The Icelandic thunderclap was quickly adopted by the French and will surely spread across the continental game. Dour games, joy for underdogs at violence-marred Euro 2016 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z After the game was over, Iceland’s players stayed on the field for 10, 15, 20 minutes to do the thunderclap chant with the fans one more time. Iceland’s Dream Run Is Ended by France’s Frenetic First Half 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z The World Health Organization lists 120 decibels as the pain threshold for sound, including sharp sounds such as thunderclaps. Oh, Say, Can You See (but Not Hear) Those Fireworks? 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Tanaka, almost 5 when the bomb fell, was playing under a persimmon tree on Aug. 9, 1945, when he heard a huge thunderclap and the sky went completely white. Hiroshima, Nagasaki surviors recount atomic-bomb horrors 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Tanaka, almost 5 years old when the bomb fell, was playing under a persimmon tree on Aug. 9, 1945, when he heard a huge thunderclap and the sky went completely white. Survivors Recount Horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Expect thunderclaps and bolts of lightning when Saracens and Racing 92 collide in the European Champions Cup final on Saturday - it is going to be massively physical in Lyon. Racing v Saracens in Champions Cup final: Guscott's verdict 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z She remembers the terrifying thunderclap, and then waking up in her sister’s arms. Woman who survived lightning strike feels lucky to be alive 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z And when he leapt, the cheers struck like a series of thunderclaps, vibrating our seats. Attending WrestleMania was like living inside a real-life comments section 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Two days after the group returned home, Mr. Kim signed an order to send the “thunderclap of an H-bomb.” With Nuclear Test, North Korea’s Leader Asserts Role of Instigator 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The announcement landed like a thunderclap, instantly thrusting him to the top and undercutting a slew of other establishment hopefuls, especially Christie and Rubio. One year, two races: Inside the Republican Party’s bizarre, tumultuous 2015 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Following Saturday’s vote, images of Saudi women in hijabs voting spread around the world like a thunderclap on Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram. Women Haven't Really Won in Saudi Arabia—Yet 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z His training sessions sounded more like the operation of heavy machinery than boxing, thunderclap blows punctuated by breaths hissed through clenched teeth like pressurized steam. The 7-foot Chinese tourist boxing in Oscar de la Hoya's world 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z The Toronto Blue Jays and their stunning thunderclap of offense, returned to the playoffs for the first time since 1993. One Word, America: Cubs! 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Clouds rolled in around the airport, with occasional thunderclaps punctuating the welcoming ceremony. Pope Francis Meets Raúl Castro in Havana 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z The cause of Monday’s explosion, which sounded like a loud thunderclap to people living nearby, was not immediately known. Large explosion rocks central Bangkok intersection, 3 dead 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The cause of Monday’s explosion, which sounded like a loud thunderclap to people living nearby, wasn’t immediately known. Deadly Explosion Occurs Near Bangkok Shrine 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z A thunderclap draws a cheer from the crowd, and the music awakes once more. 10 years after the storm: has New Orleans learned the lessons of Hurricane Katrina? 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z She was at home around 6 p.m. when she heard the thunderclap and saw the lightning. In Virginia, a thunderstorm’s bite strips bark from tree 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z But I did hear the thunderclap when Ali landed about three feet from me in a furious fight that lived up to its magical marquee. A Ringside Seat 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z As I’ve always said, you sell on the whisper and nuance, but generate leads with the broad sword and thunderclap. Playbook: How Content Marketing Solves A Real Problem for Real Estate 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Steven Kenney says the animals, spooked by thunderclaps and loud rain, break through fences and lose their collars in the process. Shelter seeks to reunite owners with pets spooked by storms 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The worlds that Tolkien and Lewis created provide a backdrop behind HBO’s thunderclap epic series “Game Of Thrones”. Why HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Has Become A Global Cult 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z “They’ve been negotiating for two years. This is the worst negotiation in the history of mankind,” said Cruz, who also earned thunderclaps. Rubio, Cruz Spar With Paul Over Iran Sanctions 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z A social media thunderclap - where users simultaneously post a remembrance message to their profiles - took place at 20:17 GMT, the time of the first blast. Pub bombings 40th anniversary marked 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z The incident happened so fast that some workers at first thought it was an earthquake or thunderclap, they told investigators. Report details four seconds of horror in deadly crash at Florida daycare 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z There was no expectation Thursday night that Derek Jeter would end his final home game with a thunderclap of a hit. In Derek Jeter’s Big Hit, an Echo of Ted Williams’s Final Swing 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came like a thunderclap, not least because such a profound traditionalist did something that no pope had done for 600 years. For Pope Francis to talk about mortality and retirement is entirely in character 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z —Stay inside for at least half an hour after the last thunderclap. Lightning warnings for San Diego beaches as storms head to L.A. 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z The result was a ferocious lightning strike and thunderclap that set off car alarms, showered the local lifeguard station with sparks and shook the building. Rare storm at California beach hard to see coming 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Two men who were struck by lightning at Venice Beach on Sunday described the sudden jolt they felt in the moments after a huge thunderclap. Beach lightning-strike survivors recall shock, sensation of jolt 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z This week, Marvel Comics’ big announcement brought a thunderclap. THE NEW FEMALE THOR: From Asgard to new guard, 5 things to know about Marvel’s bolt from the blue The first chant — a thunderclap, really — of "USA! USA!" began nearly an hour before kickoff. U.S. fans making their mark in Brazil 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The announcement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Thursday arrived as a thunderclap: after a five-hour meeting of the diplomatic-security cabinet, the vote to suspend the negotiations that have been championed by the U.S. Israel-Palestine Peace Talks Mired in Uncertainty 2014-04-24T21:03:54Z Five minutes later I heard what I thought was a thunderclap. Night of the 'tsunami' 2013-10-10T01:21:51Z Even before the thunderclap from Russia, potash producers were struggling with a decline in prices as Indian farmers held off buying earlier this year. The Day Everything Changed in the World of Potash 2013-07-30T21:05:24Z Webber’s announcement last week that he was retiring from Formula One hit the paddock like a thunderclap. Special Report: Formula One: Webber Goes From Start to Finish With Grace 2013-07-05T11:37:36Z The group claims to have carried off one of the largest simultaneous “thunderclaps” of Twitter messages and Facebook posts, reaching more than 40 million people. Immigration Advocates Lay Plans to Sway House 2013-06-28T17:39:26Z It is cymbal clash, a thunderclap, a sonic wave that does not travel through the early spring air but, for a moment, fills it entirely. Nationals vs. White Sox: Bryce Harper’s home run backs Zimmermann’s start as Washington earns 5-2 win 2013-04-11T02:26:04Z Sufferers have described the loud noise as sounding like a bomb explosion, a thunderclap and lightning or a gunshot. Weird things people do in their sleep 2012-11-28T02:38:17Z In his one full-on, crisis-averting team meeting this season, he poked fun at himself and moved on, a means of inspiration that is more trickle than thunderclap. Davey Johnson manages Washington Nationals with nuanced authority 2012-10-06T23:37:16Z As he prepared to speak, a loud thunderclap crashed overhead. With Lockout in Background, Calm at N.H.L. Bargaining Talks 2012-07-19T01:42:07Z Jared burst into a roar of laughter—as sudden and violent as a thunderclap. Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman 2012-03-15T02:00:30.867Z Such was his state of mind, unsettled if not unhappy, and harassed if not remorseful, when a second thunderclap burst above his head, and in a moment destroyed even the memory of these minor troubles. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z "The headaches that worry us are ones that start suddenly, like a thunderclap," Miller said. Doctors share 5 symptoms that need your immediate attention 2012-03-09T01:42:04Z When departing on her rounds, Agla�, gazing down upon her from her window, had often been heard to give vent to growls and ribald thunderclaps. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z The chancellor's little oration came upon the party like a thunderclap. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z The sun shone betwixt the thunderclaps and with no dubious rays. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The chronicles recount Don Roderic’s abandoned wickedness, and tell how the invasion of the Moors, instigated by Julian, broke as a thunderclap upon the unprincipled ruler. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z A stern, angry voice broke like a thunderclap upon the humorist's ears. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z The gale had come upon them as sudden as a thunderclap. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Suddenly something sounded like a thunderclap inside his head, and he felt something snap. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Students, some in shorts and sandals and others donning wool hats and parkas, stood solemnly in front of the old building clasping candles, sometimes repeating with thunderclap the school's iconic chant: "We Are Penn State." At Penn State candlelight vigil, a search for solace 2011-11-12T05:46:44Z Silence followed, which was the more striking, because it was contrasted with the preceding thunderclap. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Like the thunderclaps racing through the Bronx on Thursday, the booms of Wednesday night were still reverberating. Sports of The Times: Coke and Granderson Ponder Baseball?s Thrilling Finishes 2011-09-30T00:40:48Z News came like a thunderclap of a great battle at Warsaw, which the King of Poland had lost. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z A few minutes later, as the sun was beginning to make its thunderclap tropic descent, the juragan, or captain of the proa issued a sharp order. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z You know how disaster fills the air of a little town as a spiritual thunderclap. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z But the sudden discovery of their daughter's friend being an "infidel" came with the shock of a thunderclap on the parents. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Morton jumped ahead of Miguel Cairo 1-2 when a massive thunderclap shook the stadium and lit up the downtown Pittsburgh skyline. Dontrelle Willis solid but Cincinnati?s offense sputters in 2-0 loss to Pirates 2011-07-20T05:36:34Z Then he tells how, as in relegation he was studying verse, suddenly a thunderclap came into his solitude. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The dominant impression of this thunderclap day is that Clemens dodged a hail of legal beanballs without ever moving. Roger Clemens gets a walk from perjury trial after inexplicable error 2011-07-14T21:07:00Z That political thunderclap weakened Mr. Papandreou's standing, and two of his party's deputies resigned Thursday. Funds Pledged to Greece Amid Turmoil 2011-06-17T06:16:21Z The moonlight grows faint; it strikes one by the clock; A thunderclap burst with a terrible shock; To earth falls the skeleton shattered. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The two friends kept the happy young wife in ignorance of this first thunderclap of the storm which was threatening her married life. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Be that as it may, the judgment came as a thunderclap to Columbcille. Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland 2011-05-10T02:00:58.153Z But he ought to have thought of that before, for now like a thunderclap, it came home to him, that somehow or other all the other peas had gone too. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z He was dizzy, aching, and felt shaken to pieces when something went off like a thunderclap just behind him; a hot wind knocked him senseless and red fire singed his fur. The jungle book 2011-05-02T02:00:19.467Z Faint murmurs were yet reverberating within; like the thunderclaps of an Alpine storm, which are repeated by innumerable echoes from the mountains. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z The last position, therefore, should be avoided.8 In the Telugu country, when a child is roused from sleep by a thunderclap, the mother, pressing it to her breast, murmurs, “Arjuna Sahādēva.” Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The news that the Russians had cut the bridge across the B�r�zina came as a thunderclap to the army. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z She looked up, startled as by a thunderclap. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Such a thunderclap shakes the very base of the microcosm. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z While these revolutions have produced daily thunderclaps worldwide about a new democratic future for the Middle East, power structures remain largely intact. Mideast Revolution: People Lose, Oil Wins 2011-03-06T15:00:00Z A long rolling thunderclap shook all the sky, and flashes of lightning zigzagged over the Vimy Ridge, whitening the edges of its upheaved earth. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z The earth shakes with the roar of gigantic guns and the thunderclaps of bursting shells. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z They howled through the air, exploded with a terrific thunderclap, and then gigantic clouds of dust and smoke arose above the trembling ground. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Then they empty themselves in a terrific deluge of water and hail, accompanied by thunderclaps so reverberant that they seem to arise from the rending of the hills themselves. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Line: Patriots by 3 The thunderclap that shook the skies at about 9:30 p.m. last Monday was a message from the Patriots. The Fifth Down: Week 14 N.F.L. Matchups 2010-12-10T13:00:00Z They were high explosives, but shrapnel was bursting high, with thunderclaps, which left behind greenish clouds and scattered bullets down. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Inside its robot heart, Never Let Me Go is a star-crossed-love story of a Romeo and two Juliets — with a sweethearts' first kiss so long deferred that when it arrives, it feels like a thunderclap. Never Let Me Go: Everlasting Love 2010-09-18T06:05:00Z Fawad has told Jack about long spindly fingers, and voices that sound like rain when they strike the water, thunderclap voices in the dark, pulling ships in from the deep water. Téa Obreht: “Blue Water Djinn.” 2010-07-26T04:00:00Z Big questions about the solidity and wisdom of Ms. Merkel’s prescriptive inclinations enter here like a thunderclap. Politicus: Platitudes Create Rifts Between Berlin and Its Allies 2010-07-19T12:10:00Z “First Stop on the ‘A’ Train” comprises 20 energetic numbers, some as forceful as thunderclaps and others that fall on the ears in soft rat-a-tat-tats. | New Jersey: Tap Dance Ensemble to Perform in Newark 2010-05-08T01:01:00Z Then suddenly there came a thunderclap in the midst of the pompous, now languishing, conversation of the ladies on the sofa. The Undying Past And when the day to which he had looked forward for an answer burst upon him like a thunderclap, bringing no letter, he thought that time had shown. Where the Path Breaks A sudden squall from the south-west, such as sometimes arises like a thunderclap in those latitudes at that time of year, had caught the Spirito Santo in the confusion of the heavy cross seas. Beggars on Horseback To Burl it seemed as if a thunderclap had sounded in his ears, and as if he had been plunged into a bath of white flames. The Secret of the Ninth Planet "It has come upon us like a thunderclap," he answered. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance She continued: "'Then the inflammation reaches the throat, extends to the stomach, surrounds the heart like a circle of fire, and causes the brain to burst like a thunderclap,'" she read on to herself. Marguerite de Valois For two years, now, no human mind in America had been able to adjust itself to the new heaven and the new earth which had sprung into lurid being at the thunderclap of war. The Moonlit Way Like a thunderclap out of a clear sky, they rushed down that slope, every pony doing his best, and their riders yelling like demons. Campmates A Story of the Plains It rolled like a thunderclap over hill and valley—the Landlord of the Lion is bankrupt! Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. III. Then, with the closing days of the year, the thunderclap burst, the pent-up electricity so long in the air blazed forth. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance The boys' answer, if indeed they made any, was swallowed up by the tumultuous booming of the church bell, which began at that moment with the unexpectedness of a thunderclap. Sube Cane It came upon them so like a thunderclap, that no man had a distinct recollection of what passed. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Prussian victory over Austria at Sadowa had startled Europe like a thunderclap. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) This came like a thunderclap upon the caziques, nor could they hide their inward grief and vexation when they saw the Spaniards marching out again. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. Then the world shook around them with a noise like the grandfather of all thunderclaps, the earth rocked beneath their feet, and the Mink felt his eardrums crack and his nose begin to bleed. The Buttoned Sky We find in Mr. Fukuzawa's book the lofty ideal that belongs to the most advanced modern thought, but its promulgation as a practical working ideal in Japan was of the nature of a thunderclap. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition Applause broke out like a thunderclap, pealing heavily through the big auditorium, but the actress showed no consciousness of it. The Destroying Angel As Eden, through thunderclaps, and zig-zagged flames of light, groped back to consciousness again, it was with the intuition that some calamity was waiting to greet her. Eden An Episode IN Judea, when Jahveh was addressed, he answered, if at all, with a thunderclap. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal The building in which the show was being held shook as though a violent thunderclap had rocked the 93 earth. Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret He expected a thunderclap, the flashing of lightning, sulphurous fumes—but the night remained silent and quiet; not a sound broke the stillness of the monastery; the snow outside fell steadily. Orientations St. Jerome says the primitive Christians at their public offices "echoed out the Amen like a thunderclap." The Church Handy Dictionary That was like the thunderclap which precedes the storm: but the storm broke on his successor, not on him. Andrew Jackson Like a thunderclap he thought he grasped the truth he had followed so eagerly. The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales Softly though it was spoken, the word crashed upon his ears like a thunderclap. The Monk of Hambleton Gathering courage, he essayed a second time, but another thunderclap warned him to desist. Bible Romances First Series The knowledge that Hawdon had not been drowned as she had supposed, had come to her like a thunderclap. Tales from Dickens The room was filled with blinding blue-white light, and the walls quaked at the sound of a monstrous thunderclap. One Martian Afternoon And I remember the night in our sophomore club when the news came like a thunderclap that one of our members had been killed pole-vaulting at a track meet in New York. The Harbor Silence fell like a thunderclap as the Quaker Girl confronted Harlequin, Columbine, and Sir Francis Drake. Nobody The words from Perry’s previously silent lips broke upon the stillness like a thunderclap. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 A terrific thunderclap rent the air and a column of flame roared up from the force area. Wanderer of Infinity The thunderclap which seemed to come simultaneously, rocked the plane like a feather. The Solar Magnet For a time we sat under that fatal tree listening to the dreary drench of rain pouring off the leaves, quivering nerve-shaken to the thunderclaps. Disowned I mind the night we came across That dreadful common, called the Moss, ’Midst wind and rain, and tempest tossed— And thunderclap I did begin to fear thy loss, My old Scotch cap. Adventures and Recollections The rifle went off with a thunderclap that made her ears ring, and her target was obscured by cream-colored smoke in front of the rifle port. Shaman Now—see the pretty horses?” answered Dorothy, and involuntarily shivered as a fresh thunderclap fell on her ears. Dorothy's House Party Those zigzag ribbons of purple fire, the fierce shouting of the thunderclap that followed! Beside Still Waters The "startling of the thunderclap" was preceded by an ordinary proclamation, describing the offender, and offering a reward of 50l. for his apprehension. Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Mrs. Fenwick starts, a little taken aback at the Baron's thunderclap; for he had approached unawares, and her closed eyes helped on the effect. Somehow Good It came as a thunderclap out of a clear sky. Birdseye Views of Far Lands "You came upon me like a thunderclap," the Archduchess answered quickly. The Master Mummer It is also attested that the said Henri Lothiere did state that in his opinion the thunderclaps were not of diabolical origin, and that if they were studied, their cause might be discovered. The Man Who Saw the Future It was an inferno through which a flash of lightning darted from time to time, followed by thunderclaps. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure Suddenly, like the breaking of a terrific thunderclap above the city, came the awesome cry: “Fort Donelson has fallen!” How the Flag Became Old Glory His tidings had been long anticipated, yet they came with the effect of a thunderclap. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 She held her breath, expecting a thunderclap or some other outward token of the sudden death of Belvane's muse. Once on a Time So when these thunderclaps began to be heard in the part of Paris in which I lived, I did not fear them so much as my neighbors. The Man Who Saw the Future For years I’ve been experimenting in secret, and some day I will show them further results of my researches—and they will come upon the profession like a thunderclap, staggering belief.” The Seven Secrets The sentence was like a thunderclap in the ears of Madame des Ursins, so long accustomed as she had been to govern and domineer. Political Women, Vol. 2 Then came the thunderclap of war; and in the lightning flash I saw the folly of the advocacy of peace. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia The news came to Alec like a thunderclap, for the Turkana were the best part of his fighting force, and he had always placed the utmost reliance on their fidelity. The Explorer I waited in it and twice I heard the great thunderclaps myself. The Man Who Saw the Future "With dry and dreadful thunderclaps and lightning to the same, Of deadly and unavoided dint." Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. "What! is that thunder?" exclaimed the King below, mistaking the giant's moan for a thunderclap, but before his question was answered Ned and his friend appeared at the head of the stairway. The Magic Soap Bubble I wish my presence here to be like a thunderclap to him. The Son of Monte-Cristo Then came a sudden, terrific crash, sounding almost as if the battery of Heaven's heaviest artillery had broken loose in one frightful thunderclap. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold There were many people gathered around the field, fearful, and they screamed and some fled when I appeared in the thunderclap. The Man Who Saw the Future The world reeled and a brain-shattering crash compounded of all the elements of pain and hurled from the shoulders of a thousand thunderclaps smote the senses. World's War Events, Vol. I They had been a thunderclap to his own ears. The House with the Green Shutters Their coming naturally had the effect of a thunderclap on the village. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] A sudden thunderclap startled them now into consciousness of the scene about them. The Fire People A white flash played intermittently upon the fountain, followed by a thunderclap directly overhead, and a torrent of rain poured down. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg When the boat was well out in the lake, however, the same terrible wind that so often blew upon its waters arose with the swiftness of a thunderclap and threatened to overwhelm them all. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. The war had been going on ten months when it fell on our ears like a thunderclap that all was not well with us in England. The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War Then, a few days ago, there came a thunderclap; and teachers and girls were alike amazed to find that you were no longer a member. Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School The officer was handed a megaphone, and through it his voice came down like a thunderclap. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility It all came like a thunderclap on Gil's friends here at Greendale, because we hadn't ever suspected things were going wrong. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Like a thunderclap the whole cause of the disaster burst upon his mind. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers Another fearful thunderclap cut short his words, and she instinctively clutched his hand. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 All at once, like a thunderclap, a half-dozen voices somewhere in the Quad gave the yell. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Bayete!” pealed out like a thunderclap on the startled air, and all was silent again. Through Veld and Forest An African Story He waited for the first words as for a thunderclap. Deerbrook The blow fell like a thunderclap upon the culprits. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall We could see the flash of their guns a long distance, and cries came to us mixed with the thunderclap of the schooner’s guns. The Dew of Their Youth It was so unexpected—by the lambs—that all of them said, very gravely, it came like a thunderclap out of a clear sky. The Tipster 1901, From "Wall Street Stories" But to the architect’s ear it spoke as loudly as a thunderclap. The Nebuly Coat On the morning of the 14th, the news of Lincoln's murder fell like a thunderclap upon victor and vanquished in Richmond. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The marriage fell like a thunderclap upon the Church. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa It seemed impossible that the ting of parting metal which sounded like a thunderclap in his ears would not be heard by the Viceroy. Giants on the Earth Out of the March woods ahead broke a thunderclap of sound, settling into a roar of musketry. The Long Roll There was a noise in the little adobe like a thunderclap! Kid Wolf of Texas Closely following came a thunderclap that made the houses and ground tremble.... Luna Benamor Down came the tail with a thunderclap, and next moment mud, sand, water, stones, foam, and blood, were flying in cataracts everywhere as the monster renewed its struggles. The Norsemen in the West This we did without a moment’s hesitation, for the whistling wind burst, ever and anon, like thunderclaps among the trees, and tearing them from their roots, hurled them with violence to the ground. The Coral Island In another instant the obstructing barrier burst like a thunderclap, and the pent-up waters leaped with one mighty roar into their accustomed channel! Ungava Why, sir, it came upon me like a thunderclap.” To The West Hallucinations do not come thus, like a thunderclap on unprepared minds. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. It was a show to see the way in which Gosse collapsed under this thunderclap of righteous indignation. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton Was it possible—the thought came to him like a thunderclap in the darkness—that they knew, or had some idea, of what he really had on him? The Borough Treasurer But it was the silence that precedes the thunderclap. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom This was a thunderclap for Candide: he wept for a long while. Candide The old man wrote me, and it certainly was like a thunderclap. Dixie Hart The words, spoken in excellent English, and barbed with a touch of angry cynicism, smote on her startled ears like an Alpine thunderclap. Phantom Wires A Novel The news of the disaster, and with it Frederick's order to prepare to raise the siege of Prague at once, came like a thunderclap upon the Prussian camp. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War The English would sail away in their ships, the French glide away in their canoes; and for a winter the uneasy quiet of calm between two thunderclaps would rest over the waters of Hudson Bay. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom In one terrific thunderclap of sound and blasting power? Key Out of Time Almost immediately a dull report like a distant thunderclap boomed across the water. Banzai! by Parabellum All around crashed the loud-toned thunderclaps, rumbling and roaring until the whole affair became a perfect pandemonium; and brave indeed must be the soul that could gaze upon it without dismay and flinching. Canoe Mates in Canada Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan The news that the armistice had been rejected, fell like a thunderclap upon the population. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris It was only the lull between two thunderclaps. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Like a thunderclap the prizefighter broke loose in a turbid stream of profanity. Steve Yeager Ricky's breath was warm on Val's cheek and she moved with a faint crackling of her cape which sounded as loud as a thunderclap in his ears. Ralestone Luck There came the thunderclap of air closing the vacuum the ship's disappearance had left. Operation: Outer Space Like a thunderclap came the realization of this. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman The thunderclaps rolled ponderously between the narrowing walls of that chasm, that was all aflame one moment, and all black the next. Romance Vast thunderclaps in deep tones rumbled, And Staburags shook to its core, Along the cliff the boulders crumbled:- Bearslayer stood, alive once more! Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse There was a startling thunderclap of fierce words from the portico, and she slipped from the dog's back and stared wide-eyed. The Quickening This time the deep-lunged monosyllable burst volcanically from the lips of Len Haswell, and it rang across the floor and echoed between the walls like a thunderclap between the cliffs of a mountain gorge. Destiny For a second, like the lull before the thunderclap, the man did not move; then of a sudden he grasped the girl by the shoulders, and held her at arm's length. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman "The whole affair came upon me like a thunderclap," he told her. A Lost Leader I cannot think you fickle-minded, For you were always very kind to me; Fate's thunderclap by which my eyes are blinded Rewards my old, forgotten sins, I see. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Instinctively they braced themselves for the concussion that followed,—a bellowing thunderclap and a rending of earth and air that shook the surrounding hills and drowned the shriek of Gallagher's whistle. Empire Builders He was dizzy, aching, and felt shaken to pieces when something went off like a thunderclap just behind him; a hot wind knocked him senseless, and red fire singed his fur. The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling The lightning ran again, blindingly bright; the ensuing thunderclap seemed to shake the rock. Foes But there sounded through the room a thunderclap of memory. The Judge After the last thunderclaps the rain fell in torrents. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales This order, which contained no exception, though it by no means pointed particularly to this class of debts, came like a thunderclap on the Nabob. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) The realization fell upon me like a thunderclap. The Man with the Clubfoot It had come like a thunderclap on a moonlit night. The Ramrodders A Novel The unexpected news of this sudden step came upon the Belgians like a thunderclap. History of Holland The thunderclap was caused by Tommy, who brought it on unintentionally and was almost as much scared by his handiwork as Grizel herself. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood And he will write a frightful article, and it will be a thunderclap for de Mersch…. The Inheritors Without, the storm swelled to the roaring of an awful sea, the wind grew to a shrill long scream, the elm-tree was riven and split with the crash of a thunderclap. The Hill of Dreams It came like a thunderclap—two thousand voices shouting it. The Ramrodders A Novel Like a thunderclap the reason for his journey came back to him. Oberheim (Voices) We have been waiting," said he, "for this intelligence from week to week, with the fullest expectation that it would come; and yet, when it has come, it strikes like a thunderclap. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Like a thunderclap the war of the nations had begun. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Then came the crash of two clean, definite volleys, followed by a continuous rattle, through which he heard the yells and cheers of the combatants, punctuated by thunderclaps of cannon. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians A heavy roll of thunder now ends in a sharp thunderclap. The Return of Peter Grimm The statement had the effect of a thunderclap. The Teeth of the Tiger It seemed long, and weighed on me like a thunderstorm in the air, nor should I have started had the whole assembly broken into one thunderclap of hatred of me. A Thane of Wessex His complaint was like a sudden thunderclap in her ears, after long faint rumblings of a storm. The Price of Love Here you are, my hearty," writes the Author, "this is a regular briny ocean story, all storms and thunderclaps and sails and rigging and soaring masts and bellying sails. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 24, 1891 A few minutes later he beheld a sight which affected him more deeply, and less pleasantly, than anything else in an evening of thunderclaps. Mr. Prohack Then, touched by the fervor of his friend's admiration, Lightbody moved wearily away, saying dully, all in a breath: "Like a thunderclap, Jim." Murder in Any Degree This assertion came like a thunderclap from a clear sky. Around Old Bethany A Story of the Adventures of Robert and Mary Davis The flood came indeed, for suddenly all Florence was startled as if by a thunderclap by the news that a foreign army was pouring over the Alps for the conquest of Italy. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters Two hundred thousand corpses barred the way, broke the movement of this avalanche which, swerving, fell with mighty thunderclaps, against Italy whose exterminated towns flamed like burning bricks. Against the Grain Again the salute sounded—shattering out like a thunderclap over the jungle. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 All were living in confident expectation of a speedy convalescence; the news of the death came upon them like a thunderclap. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 He could feel the gathering of enthusiasm, exhilaration in the atmosphere—pent-up emotion which on the morrow would burst like a thunderclap. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 The blue and luminous air was rent with the thud of a thunderclap. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel But just as the romancers speak of the thunderclap of love, so do theologians also speak of the thunderclap of conversion. Against the Grain Then of a sudden, straight over the now useless blind, unexpected, startling as a thunderclap out of a cloudless sky, directly toward the nearest bird bounded a tall brown figure, silent as a phantom. Where the Trail Divides Only a few shells were bursting over the Belgian lines—enough to keep the air rumbling with irregular thunderclaps. The Soul of the War This very elementary idea seems to have come like a thunderclap upon many who claimed the name of 'thinkers'; for it entirely destroyed a whole artillery of arguments previously employed against Revealed Religion. Dawn of All Dr. B. came in later and said the whole thing was to him like a thunderclap—as it was to her poor father. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss The house trembled as from a succession of thunderclaps. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Following, swift as rain after a thunderclap, a spurt of blood came to her lips and trickled down her face. Where the Trail Divides Never for more than a minute or two did those thunderclaps cease. The Soul of the War But it was his last thunderclap in Egypt; because when he heard, soon afterward, what was happening in France, he made up his mind to go back there. Folk-Tales of Napoleon The Napoleon of the People; Napoleonder It was a great blow to us because it came to hearts already sore with sorrow for our boy, and because it came so like a thunderclap, and because she suffered so. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss The death of her betrothed must not come upon her like a thunderclap. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Swiftly as rain follows a thunderclap her mood changed, her own face, hysterically tense, relaxed in a flood of tears. Where the Trail Divides In this old building with many corridors and innumerable windows, panes of glass rattled and window-sashes creaked and doors banged like thunderclaps. The Soul of the War A word might be a thunderclap; a glance might carry into the very soul of a man. Alcatraz The effect of Rush's interruption was rather that of a thunderclap, hardly more. Mary Wollaston And surprising!—Nurse says a thunderclap out of a clear blue sky couldn't have astonished them more. Mary Marie In spite of the unbridled fancies of the poets and the hints of ingenious writers, the announcement that a means of hoarding speech had been devised burst like a thunderclap upon the world. Heroes of the Telegraph Blinding bolts of lightning shot from cloud to cloud and the clamor of deep thunderclaps echoed far over the sea. Tik-Tok of Oz I am startled by a thunderclap whether I recognize it or not—more likely, if I do not recognize it. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education Even as the fox fell the world burst asunder in a thunderclap of sound. The Tarn of Eternity It was this popular version, I fancy, which reached the ears of Ram Singh, and the news came on him like a thunderclap. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies The crackers went off in a thunderclap of noise and the pinwheels bursting out of the door spun madly around the room, hissing and spluttering. Anne of Avonlea I noticed that Billy was so brilliant she fairly radiated sparks; and I noticed that Bertram was so glum he—he almost radiated thunderclaps. Miss Billy — Married The splashes of the people in the boats leaping into the river sounded like thunderclaps in my ears. The War of the Worlds But to my mother it was a flash of joy, followed by a thunderclap of consternation. The Stark Munro Letters I suppose I must have had some suspicion of their purpose, and yet the revelation of it fell on me like a thunderclap. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies He was dizzy, aching, and felt shaken to pieces when something went off like a thunderclap just behind him. The Jungle Book A loud thunderclap crashed across the train of his thought. Captivating Mary Carstairs The thunderclaps, treading one on the heels of another and with a strange crackling accompaniment, sounded more like the working of a gigantic electric machine than the usual detonating reverberations. The War of the Worlds The first thunderclap crashed out, and she started back in terror. Bertha Garlan As the thunderclap rolled and pealed overhead, she strained her eyes into the blackness waiting for the next lightning flash. The Last Trail At the same instant, with a snapping crackle a spurt of blue flame shot down from the zenith, and where it fell with a thunderclap a dazzling glare of emerald light shot up breasthigh. The Bronze Bell Then there arose from the allies a yell which, says Champlain, would have drowned a thunderclap, and the forest was full of whizzing arrows. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 To Sydney Barnes, although he made a speedy effort to grapple with the situation, it came very much as a thunderclap. The Avenger The year that Zoe entered High School, 1914, out of an international sky of fairly pellucid blue, the thunderclap of world war burst in fury. Star-Dust Already Sir Oswald's guests had been making hasty arrangements for their departure; and many visitors had departed even before the discovery of that awful event, which came like a thunderclap upon all within the castle. Run to Earth A Novel The double report rang in his ears loud as a thunderclap. The Bronze Bell Like a thunderclap from a clear sky the glare of the light broke out from the ceiling. The Brass Bowl When her husband first appeared with her former lover she had clasped her hands over her forehead with that instinctive gesture with which in a great storm one waits for the approach of the thunderclap. L'Assommoir The news came upon me like a thunderclap in a clear sky. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 It was the first sincere word that had been spoken, where every tone had been wrong, every gesture false, and it fell on the company like a thunderclap. The Christian A Story Thunderclap after thunderclap announced ever-fresh legions pressing into the sky and obscuring the sun. Selected Polish Tales Once show our strength—burst upon the tyrants like a thunderclap; and then!— Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography The thunderclaps too were so loud and constant that the sound of them, which shook the earth, made it impossible for Richard and Rachel to hear each other speak. The Ghost Kings Everything was serenely moving in the Wilson camp, when like a thunderclap out of a clear sky broke the story of the disagreement between Colonel Harvey, Marse Henry Watterson, and the Governor of New Jersey. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him What was the word that had fallen that morning on all Christendom like a thunderclap, say, rather, like the blast of a celestial trumpet? The Christian A Story The certainty of her misfortune had suddenly been revealed to her one day when she was looking at herself in the mirror; it came like a thunderclap. Jean-Christophe, Volume I It is an awful thing for him if, just at the moment when he is most asleep, there comes a thunderclap to break in upon his somnambulism! Jean-Christophe Journey's End Suddenly, the earth seemed to shake and a thunderclap burst in my ears. Over the Top Oh, but wouldn't it come like a thunderclap; not a soul suspected anything! Shallow Soil The news came like a thunderclap upon the London Board of Directors, who had received no notice of the intentions of Hobson Brothers, and caused a dreadful panic amongst the shareholders of the concern. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Prepared as they had been by her manner for some dire Calamity, it came upon them like a thunderclap. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece You have not even written, but descend like a thunderclap. The Precipice As he had anticipated, the news fell like a sudden thunderclap on her heart. Gaut Gurley If anything unusual happens I shall return like a thunderclap. The Companions of Jehu I am very glad this heart-breaking Irish thunderclap did not fall while you were here. Lady John Russell The thunderclaps were in some instances nearly a minute in duration, and the lightning unpleasantly close and vivid. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán The Battle of Waterloo came like a thunderclap. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 We could just make out the shadowy shapes of the men, but their feet made a noise like thunderclaps, and they sang a German marching song with a splendid lilt and swing to it. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front Consider, Martine, this would not have come all of a sudden, like a thunderclap; there would have been some rumors of it beforehand. Doctor Pascal Only a few weeks later, at Florence, came as a thunderclap the announcement of Lord Canning's unexpected death in London, on 17th June. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 A thunderclap would have stunned me less that minute. The Evil Guest But nothing happened till weeks later, when the tragedy on the Rapidan fell on us like a thunderclap. Salute to Adventurers Still, the famous letter written by the marshal to Jules Simon was a thunderclap. My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 To Grandpa and Grandma Burton it had come like a thunderclap on a clear day. Across the Years To the Prince of Orange the news came as a thunderclap. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic "There arose," says Champlain," a yell like a thunderclap and the air was full of arrows." A Brief History of the United States But an event had startled England, like a thunderclap in a summer sky. Canada and the States However, that was not it: presently there was an earthquake; I heard a voice like a thunderclap, and saw a terrible woman approaching, not much less than three hundred feet high. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Hyperborean in my crown of flowers I ran and leapt the cliff of thunderclap Plunging through green sea-light where bronze fronds wrap Crumbling pearl palaces and coral bowers. Perpetual Light : a memorial In sleep a tinkle may sound like the pealing of a great bell; the distant stroke of a hammer like a thunderclap. Public Opinion At that moment there came a rap at the door; it was a soft, low tap, yet it startled the viscount like a thunderclap. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths The three upper craters produced two or three times a minute, powerful detonations like thunderclaps. Wonders of Creation For at that moment, accompanied by a fearful thunderclap, there shot from the storm overhead, which had now nearly passed away, one of those awful flashes that sometimes end an African tempest. Jess Now will the ghastly jaws of despair gape upon thee, and now will condemnings of conscience, like thunderclaps, continually batter against thy weary spirit. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works At that instant a deafening explosion shook the studio and every building about the quadrangle, the sound echoing and re-echoing with the sharpness of a terrific thunderclap. The Film Mystery All his accumulated nervous agitation was discharged on Maud like a thunderclap. The Old Wives' Tale The speed and weight of the engine sent him rolling over and over off the track, and the shock of the blow came backward along the train in thunderclaps as each car felt the check. The Ivory Trail One could even have fancied they were the thunderclaps of a rapidly approaching storm which was already disturbing the slumbering atmosphere. The Fortune of the Rougons It came like a thunderclap, and its very unexpectedness jolted her mind out of the ruts it had been following these many days. The Winds of Chance And the word startled his hearers like a thunderclap, though it was breathed no louder than a whisper, "Yes, my friends," he repeated, nodding his head, "terribly afraid." At the Villa Rose Tam and the Sanguine Scot accepted invitations to the Christmas dinner; and the Wet broke in one terrific thunderclap, as the heavens, opening, emptied a deluge over us. We of the Never-Never And then the passion of the mood, the fierce indignation, rises and breaks, as it were, in a dreadful thunderclap:— "Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest." The Upton Letters The affray had burst over the slumbering town like a thunderclap. The Fortune of the Rougons THE great pale sky is alive with thunderclaps. Under Fire: the story of a squad Yet it seemed there was one for some member of the family; the letter-carrier's regular tread ascended the five steps to the door, and then two small thunderclaps echoed through the house. Demos In that mighty thunderclap the Wet rushed upon us with a roar of falling waters, and with them Billy Muck appeared at the house verandah dripping like a beaver, to claim further credit. We of the Never-Never Maria's denial had come upon them like a thunderclap, bewildering, stunning. The Red Planet One trembles but to think of the lightning, the thunderclaps, the violence of the wind! Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 Should a big meteor fall followed by a thunderclap, it is a sign that a great man has died. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia The truth suddenly burst upon Prosper like a thunderclap. File No. 113 "It would fall on her like a thunderclap." Christie Johnstone Margaret started as if those gentle tones had been a thunderclap. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations In Contalmaison, round a chateau which stood high above ruined houses, shells were bursting with thunderclaps, our shells. Now It Can Be Told It smote like a thunderclap, and they were like to swoon with the terror of it. The Mysterious Stranger When at last Sumter was fired upon and Lincoln called for volunteers, the second stage of the secession movement ended in a thunderclap. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South New ideas had burst upon her like a thunderclap, and by them and by their reverberations she had been stunned. Howards End A second shout, far louder and fiercer than the first, came like a thunderclap after the King's words. Sir Nigel High velocities fell in some of the streets, shrapnel-shells whined overhead and burst like thunderclaps. Now It Can Be Told A name, more fearful than a thunderclap, burst despairingly from the lips of the Tempter, and he disappeared. Sintram and His Companions But Nastasia's communication struck him with the force of a thunderclap. The Idiot "Yes, yes, at thunderclaps!" was repeated approvingly in the back rows of the crowd. War and Peace Now his mother's letter had burst on him like a thunderclap. Crime and Punishment "This has come upon me like a thunderclap," he said. Stepping Heavenward He actually jumped out of his chair when he heard mysterious footsteps outside the door, and a footman appeared and spoke in a low voice which startled him as though it had been a thunderclap. T. Tembarom Such was the tale That turned cheeks pale With the thought that the enemy might prevail, And the church doors snap With a thunderclap On a Christian soul in that devil's trap. Complete Poetical Works I would have been deeply interested in visiting this long, 360–league reef, against which the ever–surging sea broke with the fearsome intensity of thunderclaps. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea At last, however, the lightning grew paler and more diffuse, and the thunderclaps lost some of their terror amid the monotonous rattling of the downpour. Boyhood Inside a lamp had been lit, for in those latitudes night descends like a thunderclap. The Path of the King At that moment a terrific rolling thunderclap drowned his voice and shook the very air. Captain Blood He would come upon that waiting multitude as a thunderclap, precisely as yesterday he had come upon the mob at Rennes. Scaramouche Without thunderclaps, lightning bolts would be much less frightening, although the danger lies in the flash, not the noise. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Next came a terrible sound which, rising higher and higher, and spreading further and further, increased until it reached its climax in a deafening thunderclap which made us tremble and hold our breaths. Boyhood The storm has been silently gathering, but it has at last burst like a thunderclap, and now all means of communication between Eastern and Western Siberia have been stopped. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar What will the thunderclap be that will shake down these masses? Z. Marcas "A financial thunderclap in a clear sky," said the Philadelphia Press. The Financier, a novel In this disordered room, in the midst of these excited people, that word, the “police,” sounded like a thunderclap. Other People's Money |
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