thunderhead

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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

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

A black grand piano hulked on one side, the heavy, distended ceiling bearing down on it ominously, like a thunderhead.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2014

They are misshapen, listing to one side, the ice cream rising like a thunderhead between the cookies.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2011

Then came another flash of lightning, and this time the jagged fork struck down direct from the thunderhead at one of the zeppelins.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman