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Meanings of bombshell in English
Forerunner to the term sex symbol and originally used to describe popular female sex icons.
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Examples for "thunderbolt"
Examples for "thunderbolt"
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The declaration fell like a thunderbolt in the midst of the Council.
2
A thunderbolt in the attack, he was found invulnerable in his intrenchments.
3
He was the servant of the tempest, the guardian of the thunderbolt.
4
Once more on the Lech Tilly crossed the path of the thunderbolt.
5
The news of the disaster came like a thunderbolt upon the colonists.
1
The news came upon me like a thunderclap in a clear sky.
2
A flash of lightning lit the room, followed immediately by a thunderclap.
3
This was a thunderclap for Candide: he wept for a long while.
4
All his accumulated nervous agitation was discharged on Maud like a thunderclap.
5
But to the architect's ear it spoke as loudly as a thunderclap.
Usage of bombshell in English
1
Mauricio Pochettino dropped the bombshell with his first words on Friday morning.
2
Two-and-a-half hours later, parents and the Department of Education received a bombshell.
3
The lobbyist worked with Mossack following the OECD's bombshell report in 2000.
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And that was when he dropped his final bombshell: 'I don't know.'
5
That was one thing a bombshell always had on her side, right?
6
On tonight's episode: Noah drops a bombshell of a request on Leeto.
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The bombshell did not at all have the effect she had expected.
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They were a team; they were synergy, blonde bombshell and mousy wallflower.
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Mapitsi drops a bombshell on a certain tenant about their living arrangements.
10
And during the chat he dropped a bombshell about his relationship past.
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But first Eric drops his bombshell on his and Rose's first date.
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A bombshell on the floor could hardly have made a greater sensation.
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I wanted all this to sink in before I dropped the bombshell.
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But Mrs. Reed Richards was a blonde brainy bombshell with large ta-tas.
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And when the Gladys bombshell dropped it wasn't even a grey one.
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A moment later Dr. Seignebos fell into the room like a bombshell.
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Bombshell through the time
Bombshell across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Rare
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