Term Gallery logo

Meanings of clap of thunder in English

Short, violent thunder.

Synonyms
Examples for "thunderclap"
Examples for "thunderclap"
1
The news came upon me like a thunderclap in a clear sky.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton / An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Mem...
2
A flash of lightning lit the room, followed immediately by a thunderclap.
Cry for the strangers
3
This was a thunderclap for Candide: he wept for a long while.
Candide
4
All his accumulated nervous agitation was discharged on Maud like a thunderclap.
The Old Wives' Tale
5
But to the architect's ear it spoke as loudly as a thunderclap.
The Nebuly Coat
1
Her eyes positively lightened; he listened for the attendant peal of thunder.
Visionaries
2
The flash of lightning was followed by a crashing peal of thunder.
A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls
3
I heard a peal of thunder as I rose to my feet.
The Great Book of Amber
4
Each time a punch connects is like a small peal of thunder.
Shades of gray
5
A peal of thunder shook the room, startling the others to silence.
Hidden Warrior
Usage of clap of thunder in English
1
The house vibrated to it more than to a clap of thunder.
Tales of Unrest
2
A simultaneous flash of lightning and clap of thunder filled the room.
Revenge!
3
The reassuring illusion of reality came back like a clap of thunder.
Clayhanger
4
His summons to the solitary porter was like a clap of thunder.
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
5
It was like a clap of thunder, the way that man performed.
Alice of Old Vincennes
6
These few words fell like a clap of thunder upon De Clameran.
File No. 113
7
To any other man this would have been a clap of thunder.
Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men / First Series
8
And the sound of its passage came like a clap of thunder.
The Great Book of Amber
9
The explosion, when it came, was like a single clap of thunder.
The Darkening Sea
10
THE revelation of Tom Ayrton's name was like a clap of thunder.
In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
11
There was the sound of a clap of thunder in my ears.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
12
A clap of thunder reverberated throughout the house, and she added:
The Annotated Lolita
13
But the clap of thunder came on the very night of the nuptials.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1
14
The rest of his remark was drowned out in a clap of thunder.
True to Himself; Or, Roger Strong's Struggle for Place
15
A sudden clap of thunder almost overhead startled the defenders of the redoubt.
Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
16
Suddenly there is a great clap of thunder and a rush of wind.
The Bohemian Grove and Other Retreats