thunderbolt

Example Sentences

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The attack fell like a thunderbolt on the country’s tightly knit Jewish community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 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 higher-for-longer inflation predicament has hit the U.S. housing market like a thunderbolt.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

The ball is worked through to Aaron Collins, who steadies himself and unleashes a thunderbolt from 25 yards into the top corner.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2024

The barricade was scattered as if by a thunderbolt.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien