thunderous

Example Sentences

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So are graduates pouring out of elite colleges, joining the college-educated working class and responding with a thunderous “Union Yes”? For the most part, no.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“It’s a trailer launch? It looks like a premiere,” Villeneuve said during the event, which included a Q&A with the cast and was met by thunderous applause from the audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

“Purdue sucks!” he bellowed to thunderous applause, “So does Michigan and Ohio State!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

With CGI-enhanced action, thunderous fight sequences and dialogue like, "I enter politics not to plunder, but to serve", the film blurs fiction and intent.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

All I heard were the thunderous sounds of many feet running across a court.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi