The thundering herd. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A thundering success. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a thundering amount of work. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : the thunder of applause. From Dictionary.com.
We need a religious leader, a prophet … thundering from the pulpit!. From Wordnik.com. [Tales Out of School] Reference
Yet he did not speak until they had reached the station, with the train thundering in just as they drew up beside the platform. From Wordnik.com. [The Windy Hill] Reference
He said quietly, "The word thundering is singularly inappropriate. From Wordnik.com. [The Belfry] Reference
A stampedo as the Spaniards call the thundering sound of their stamping, flying hoofs on the prairie. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans] Reference
Equally surprising for a leader known for a kind of thundering public presence, his blog is not especially tough. From Wordnik.com. [Ahmadinejad, President and Blogger | Disinformation] Reference
These last will be found of more value than the 'thundering' suggestion contained in the first of these precautionary propositions. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Surrounding the area with thick rubber foam should stop the supposed "thundering" of the masses. From Wordnik.com. [US_Homepage_Featured_Stories] Reference
'warming signal' would be the equivalent to that 'thundering' you were so hysterically sure about earlier. From Wordnik.com. [Indymedia Ireland] Reference
I hold out hope for some, though not exactly a thundering herd. From Wordnik.com. [Three Ethics Questions] Reference
Sydney brought down the knocker with thundering reverberations. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
There are choirs, obscure instruments and thundering kettle-drum rolls. From Wordnik.com. [Sufjan Stevens Delights People with surprise EP] Reference
But for all the thundering at Justice, this may be a trust hardly worth. From Wordnik.com. [Going After The Credit-Card Cartel] Reference
"What were you thinking?" she repeated, her voice thundering through the ER. From Wordnik.com. [Why physicians hate to admit their errors, even to themselves] Reference
There's a stampede by wildebeests that seem to be thundering toward the fleeing Simba. From Wordnik.com. [A Magic Kingdom] Reference
Late last year, this thundering herd of creditors woke up and asked for some money back. From Wordnik.com. [How To Save Face--And Trade] Reference
He crosses to her with thundering steps and stands over her, one foot on each side of her. From Wordnik.com. [A Rough Dance] Reference
Words of "learned length and thundering sound" should be avoided on all possible occasions. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
I did as I was told, grateful I'd somehow avoided Helga's thundering wrath for the accident. From Wordnik.com. [Bootstraps] Reference
He's thundering at me now and maybe he's turned into the movie villain I thought he could be. From Wordnik.com. [Incidentally] Reference
By the airplanes thundering in and out of the glistening terrain like loosely bolted metal bees. From Wordnik.com. [History As Presence(Click Here to Begin)] Reference
She signed the check, and hung a roll of toilet paper under the thundering hooves of the bay horse. From Wordnik.com. [Bailey White: 'What Would They Say in Birmingham?'] Reference
And it would send a thundering up-yours to the Washington establishment that turned its back on him. From Wordnik.com. [Rolling Thunder] Reference
This thundering mass of rust cut a wide arc with heavy river sand flaring from beneath the rear tires. From Wordnik.com. [Above the River's Edge] Reference
You hear their thundering hooves on cable shows and talk radio, watch the gathering dust on the blogs. From Wordnik.com. [Mindless march of the media herd] Reference
In the Scherzo No. 3, crashing chords and thundering scales seem to pose some kind of mysterious question. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Elsner: Chopin's Endless Fascination -- Between Heaven and Earth] Reference
Often a bland, stumbling speaker, he brought the crowd to its feet with a thundering appeal for self-reliance. From Wordnik.com. [New Deal In Detroit] Reference
For all of the thundering by liberal interest groups, the Democrats on the committee never even met to plan a strategy. From Wordnik.com. [A Strategy For The Wilderness] Reference
It included Roach's thundering drums and Ms. Lincoln's occasional shrieks and moans, representing oppression and hardship. From Wordnik.com. [Jazz singer, actress Abbey Lincoln dies at 80] Reference
“I can hear the sound of the great unwashed, thundering over the horizon, Peregrine, fortune favours the brave, what!”. From Wordnik.com. [Pigeon Post] Reference
As is so often the case, we can look to Stephen Colbert's on-air alter ego for a distillation of anti-intellectual thundering. From Wordnik.com. [Fringe Benefits] Reference
Amalfi Coast, Italy: From Sorrento, take Statale 163 to Salerno, thundering around hairpin bends and squeezing onto cliff edges. From Wordnik.com. [TIP SHEET] Reference
In the silence that followed Ned's warning there could be heard a dull, roaring, thundering sound, and the earth seemed to tremble. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
Dropping thundering club smash "Shutterbugg" as the first single is like throwing a knockout punch at the first round's opening bell. From Wordnik.com. [Nightlife Agenda] Reference
David AnsenMayDinosaur Unless there's an ice age in the next couple of weeks, Disney's computer-animated epic will be a thundering hit. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle For Summer] Reference
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