thunderbolt

Example Sentences

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Ermedin Demirovic unleashed a thunderbolt in the 90th minute to send Stuttgart into the top four with a 1-0 home win over Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

While sticking Cillo into a varsity game would attract a thunderbolt of attention, Clark has been waiting for an appropriate moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

For me, it was a thunderbolt of thrill followed by pure abject terror that we might disappoint or “not have something good for her.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

The Reds continue to press and Adam Phillips has another thunderbolt blocked in the area before Nicky Cadden's looping cross has to be tipped over the bar by Nathan Baxter.

From BBC • May 2, 2024

There was dead silence until—boom!—a huge thunderbolt clattered overhead and the whole kit and caboodle made a beeline out of there.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney