Usage of "peal of thunder"

Short, violent thunder.

Использование термина peal of thunder на английском

Her eyes positively lightened; he listened for the attendant peal of thunder. 
 Visionaries 

The flash of lightning was followed by a crashing peal of thunder. 
 A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls 

I heard a peal of thunder as I rose to my feet. 
 The Great Book of Amber 

Each time a punch connects is like a small peal of thunder. 
 Shades of gray 

A peal of thunder shook the room, startling the others to silence. 
 Hidden Warrior 

A peal of thunder followed the lightning with barely a beat intervening. 
 The Hellbound Heart 

Another peal of thunder turned into the low growling of truck engines. 
 Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad 

A peal of thunder, and the Queen of Night rises from the ground. 
 A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music 

A louder peal of thunder shook the house, and fiercer flashed the lightning. 
 Idle Hour Stories 

He was not surprised when he heard a peal of thunder. 
 The voyage of the dawn treader 

There was a bright flash and near peal of thunder at the moment. 
 Melbourne House 

A peal of thunder drowned the few words which he murmured. 
 Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel 

Andrew looked up from his gardening, startled by the sudden peal of thunder. 
 Jeanne of the Marshes 

Another peal of thunder was followed by a downpour of rain. 
 Jeanne of the Marshes 

At length he was startled by a loud peal of thunder. 
 The South Sea Whaler 

At that instant there came a low, rumbling peal of thunder. 
 Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat; Or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa 

Значения термина peal of thunder на английском