It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. From LearnThat.org. [Frederick Douglas (1817-1895)]
"Where in thunder is she?" growled Tom, walking off in high dudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference
They were amazed and alarmed, to see us make, what they called thunder and lightning. From Wordnik.com. [Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824--1830] Reference
What in thunder do I care about the old Carthaginians?. From Wordnik.com. [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference
"Why in thunder do you want to blacken her character?". From Wordnik.com. [The Miller of Old Church] Reference
Stealing the thunder from the insane claims of the right. From Wordnik.com. [Acorn: a Lesson in History and Humor] Reference
Can they tell me what "the sound of thunder" is supposed to be?. From Wordnik.com. [January 2005] Reference
The deed itself spoke in thunder tones to the hearts of the people. From Wordnik.com. [A Great Man Fallen!] Reference
Maybe how football came to steal baseball's thunder is as simple as that. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball endures through changing times] Reference
Faint and far could be heard the thin thunder of the surf upon the beach. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
"Only tell me," he burst out, "why in thunder the whole county hates me?". From Wordnik.com. [The Miller of Old Church] Reference
A black range of mountains dark and desolate are dressed in thunder-clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton] Reference
"What in thunder are you going back to the telegraph office for?" he demanded. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter VIII] Reference
Nobody believed that, say, Thor had a hand (or a hammer) in thunder and lightning?. From Wordnik.com. [Beckwith on ID] Reference
Suddenly, like a clap of thunder from a clear sky, comes a disruption of industry. From Wordnik.com. [A New Law of Development] Reference
The police look after burglars, and even thunder is attended to by lightning-rods. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Arden] Reference
I don't know why in thunder it gets black in the middle and won't cook around the edges. From Wordnik.com. [The Window at the White Cat] Reference
How in thunder can I get on with my digging with you 'owlin' yer 'ead off? inquired the Man. From Wordnik.com. [Harding's Luck] Reference
And passing HCR may rob just a little thunder from the continued call to revolt from the right. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Ed Schultz Tells Robert Gibbs He’s ‘Full Of Sh*t’ And ‘You’re Losing Your Base’] Reference
Then how in thunder do they put it all over us, get our land, an 'start accounts in the banks?'. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 1] Reference
Patek Nautilus tropic thunder is very amazing movie .. i have watched it 2 time with my boyfriend. From Wordnik.com. [This Week in DVD: Wall-E, Tropic Thunder, and More | /Film] Reference
The boy stammered out, "Then, why in thunder did you pick me out to ask me where the Cathedral was?". From Wordnik.com. [What is Happening in Germany] Reference
He had no sooner spoken than there came a clap of thunder from the distant hills, and the Grey Wolf suddenly appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Folk Tales From Many Lands] Reference
The thunder is here called the voice of God's excellency, because by it he proclaims his transcendent power and greatness. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
The old-fashioned way inaugurated by Jove, of letting it off in a clap of thunder, is dangerous, disconcerting and wasteful. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Edison on renewable energy « Isegoria] Reference
She takes away Hillary's thunder, is a better politician, has more experience, and has the integrity that HRC lost long ago. From Wordnik.com. [Rendell: Obama should ask Clinton to be VP] Reference
And pity the poor TV critics who feel that Comic-Con is stealing TV news thunder from the Television Critics Association press tour. From Wordnik.com. [Tube Bits For 07/27/2007] Reference
He had on a coat made of that cloth they call thunder and lightning, which, though grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar of Wakefield] Reference
He had on a coat made of that cloth they call thunder-and-lightning, which, though grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar of Wakefield] Reference
"Why, where in thunder are you going?" he demanded, releasing Archie, who staggered back at the sudden withdrawal of the powerful grasp. From Wordnik.com. [The Miller of Old Church] Reference
The thunder is the sound of the wings of the men who fly above. From Wordnik.com. [Algonquin Legends of New England] Reference
They are grieving for her, and the thunder is a sign of their grief. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology] Reference
The troops may have thought that the thunder was the roar of French guns. From Wordnik.com. [With Moore at Corunna] Reference
Then Hiawatha raised his hands to heaven and called the thunder and lightning to his aid. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose] Reference
Some of the Hurons and Iroquois, however, held that the thunder was a giant in human form. From Wordnik.com. [The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
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