That which we call the thunderbolt is true as regards all the passions. From Wordnik.com. [Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life] Reference
Their downfall came sudden and terrible like “a thunderbolt from the blue.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
A thunderbolt was a thunderbolt, and both kinds killed. From Wordnik.com. [Timegod's World]
That the thunderbolt is a substance may not be questioned. From Wordnik.com. [New and Original Theories of the Great Physical Forces] Reference
Black as a thunderbolt was the scowl that lowered over the brow of. From Wordnik.com. [The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History] Reference
Below the thunderbolt is a tablet of brass, three inches square, on which is a raised number. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo] Reference
The surrounding mountains play an interminable game of which the thunderbolt is the football. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountebank] Reference
Little Angel, since dog’s thunderbolt is going to cleave us, how much for your little sister?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » First same-sex couple weds in D.C.] Reference
Hull City fans will recall his thunderbolt on the last day of last season in May and a repeat show could push him up the reckoning. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference
Stanton published what would be her most powerful "thunderbolt", The. From Wordnik.com. [Forging The Thunderbolts: Elizabeth Cady Stanton And American Feminism] Reference
It is this kind of thunderbolt that Jupiter sends. From Wordnik.com. [The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney] Reference
I took a video whilst on the ride 'thunderbolt' and one off the ride. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Financial News] Reference
The word 'thunderbolt' is here used to denote a cause of fear in general. From Wordnik.com. [The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1] Reference
The waiting for the "thunderbolt" doesn't really work for me because my choices are in the used or really low price categories. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
The opening narration is fairly generic; I winced in particular at the "thunderbolt" description of the news of your friend's death. From Wordnik.com. [Emily Short's Interactive Fiction] Reference
It was as if a thunderbolt had passed through his body. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
But the thunderbolt doesn't come with a lifetime guarantee. From Wordnik.com. [Real Nationals fans should not boo the decision to be safe with Strasburg] Reference
This announcement came like a thunderbolt upon the miserable. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
He fell, and died as if he had been struck with a thunderbolt. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Her words fell like a thunderbolt, confirming his worst fears. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
In fact, he's expecting a thunderbolt to singe him any minute now. From Wordnik.com. [A Laugh-Out-Loud Quarrel With God] Reference
Suddenly — it comes like a thunderbolt - she recalls being nineteen. From Wordnik.com. [I Saw You Dance at Radio City] Reference
Well, then, -- What are we going to do when the thunderbolt has fallen?. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
Don't double the force of the thunderbolt that will strike you some day!. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Suddenly he bounded over a wall, and fell amongst us like a thunderbolt. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
He cast his hat upon the floor, as if he were Jove dashing a thunderbolt. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
This order fell on the ears of the inhabitants of Atlanta like a thunderbolt. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service] Reference
The hurtling missile came down like a thunderbolt, and nearly went through the roof. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
If a thunderbolt had fallen at her feet, Lady Ashley could not have been more amazed. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Above are two eagles in high relief, with the thunderbolt of Jupiter in their talons. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Jupiter held the thunderbolt, Neptune the trident, and Hercules a palm branch or bow. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
At last a thunderbolt rolled from the darkened heavens, louder than ever mortal man had heard. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
Maitland's request that Browne should not leave the room seemed to us all a veritable thunderbolt. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
It's like a thunderbolt from the sky-it happens because there are conditions prevalent in the environment. From Wordnik.com. [Maven Of The Media] Reference
Glazer's thunderbolt was the idea that ethnicity, not class struggle, was the most powerful force of the 20th century. From Wordnik.com. [Entering The Capital Of Hell] Reference
This drastic order came somewhat as a thunderbolt, and the reason for the decree has not been satisfactorily revealed. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
While listening to Phillis and talking himself, he had time to compass the situation that this thunderbolt created for him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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