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Meanings of peal 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
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
Usage of peal of thunder in English
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
6
A peal of thunder followed the lightning with barely a beat intervening.
The Hellbound Heart
7
Another peal of thunder turned into the low growling of truck engines.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
8
A peal of thunder, and the Queen of Night rises from the ground.
A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music
9
A louder peal of thunder shook the house, and fiercer flashed the lightning.
Idle Hour Stories
10
He was not surprised when he heard a peal of thunder.
The voyage of the dawn treader
11
There was a bright flash and near peal of thunder at the moment.
Melbourne House
12
A peal of thunder drowned the few words which he murmured.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
13
Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder.
Jeanne of the Marshes
14
Another peal of thunder was followed by a downpour of rain.
Jeanne of the Marshes
15
At length he was startled by a loud peal of thunder.
The South Sea Whaler
16
At that instant there came a low, rumbling peal of thunder.
Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat; Or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa