thunderhead
Example Sentences
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Once a prehistoric denizen of the deeps, it comes ashore on a tsunami tide, tall as a thunderhead, shrugging off artillery as it bellows a foghorn scream.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023
Like a thunderhead, the huge cloud spawned lightning strikes, worrying firefighters because of their potential to start new fires.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
If the pilot of QZ5801 saw a massive thunderhead dead ahead, and was concerned enough to request a change in his flight path, then maybe he should have gone ahead and diverted, even without permission.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2014
Early that morning, a towering thunderhead had rumbled in from the east, stripping branches from the cottonwoods and flooding the streets of Oklahoma City.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 1, 2014
He came across the gym like a thunderhead bearing down across the valley and grabbed the clipboard out of my hands.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
