How to Use thunderous in a Sentence

thunderous

adjective
  • The audience responded with thunderous applause.
  • The noise as fans rose to their feet and cheered was thunderous.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
  • And spring will come and melt this frozen beauty with its thunderous freshet.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • People a block away from the scene said their homes shook from the thunderous crash.
    — Julie Watson, ajc, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The room swelled with whoops and cheers and thunderous applause.
    — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
  • His first bucket, though, was a thunderous slam on a coast-to-coast.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
  • There's this thunderous beat at the start of the film's soundtrack.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The pulsing beat of a dance track grew to a thunderous pitch and the crowd rose to its feet.
    — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • When one man knocked out the other, the crowd erupted in a thunderous roar.
    — Jan Ransom, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Car alarms set off by the thunderous blasts sounded in the distance.
    — Hannah Fry, Daily Pilot, 5 July 2017
  • House gambles for a steal on the perimeter and takes it coast to coast for a thunderous jam.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022
  • His two thunderous blocks keyed a 9-0 run in the second game.
    — Matt Le Cren, Naperville Sun, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Other times, the thunderous roar of self-doubt threatens to drown me right there in my bed.
    — Allison McGevna, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2019
  • That was when Watson heard the noise—first the scrape, and then a thunderous boom.
    — Longreads, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Your thunderous laugh, the bear hugs, our chats about love, family and life.
    — Julia Moore, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The drive home would be silent, too, but the refrain playing through my head was thunderous.
    — Connie Wang, refinery29.com, 18 May 2021
  • Gorgeously shot, the sound mix is thunderous & the cast all shines.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 July 2022
  • Some teams are lucky to have one big hitter who can alter the course of a match with a thunderous kill.
    — Logan Malloy, Daily Southtown, 12 May 2017
  • Owen Walsh ignited his team and the crowd with a thunderous slam.
    — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 29 May 2022
  • His dunk on a steal and breakaway at the end of the third quarter was met by a thunderous response.
    — John Maffei, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • No surprise, the toast and Ryan both got a thunderous round of applause.
    — The Editors, Town & Country, 6 June 2023
  • Every so often, a thunderous smack echoed from the grass in front of them, louder than the rest.
    — oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2023
  • At night, lightning scarred the sky, jagged answers to the crack of thunderous questions.
    — Jill Talbot, Longreads, 26 June 2021
  • Off a steal and pass from Williams, Summers threw down a thunderous dunk and was fouled.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There was a thunderous rap and the door burst open to reveal an impressively tall man.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The crowd erupted into thunderous applause for the two girls.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Noise Level From thunderous in the bar to a dull roar in the dining room.
    — New York Times, 10 July 2018
  • At the end of the video, the two shared a wholesome hug to thunderous audience applause.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The blast was thunderous, swallowing the place.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Dixon passed his rival at the 26-mile mark, the thunderous roar of the finish-line crowd pulling him home.
    — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 6 Aug. 2020

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