thunderhead

Example Sentences

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He likened the potential upheaval to a storm on the horizon, an “incredibly turbulent environment with looming thunderheads in all different directions.”

From Los Angeles Times

The funnel clouds that drop from thunderheads appear white at first and only become dark from the debris in their lifting whirlwinds.

From Salon

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

Fog often develops along the state’s coastline, but there is usually not enough wind to create the uplift needed to form the tall thunderheads, called cumulonimbus clouds, where lightning emerges, Mr. Baruffaldi said.

From New York Times

Overhead, thunderheads formed, dark and swollen as blood blisters.

From Literature