Adjective : thunderous applause. From Dictionary.com.
This morning is dark and lowering and "thundery", and it has been raining most of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel A. Agnew : September 27, 1863-June 30, 1864,] Reference
Monday the 24th was a Black Monday, sultry and thundery. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
His demeanour, in contrast to that at the toss, was thundery. From Wordnik.com. [England Dominate Australia on Day One] Reference
Good morning, Jeff Flock, in a blustery, rainy, thundery Iowa this morning. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2002] Reference
The thundery roll after them is made by the big shell bounding along on its way. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference
They pulled on as few clothes as possible, for the night was still thundery and hot. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go Down To The Sea]
I had to have 2 yesterday as the day was so heavy and thundery it didn't help at all. From Wordnik.com. [where do the weeks go?] Reference
And even though Dennis is out of the way, Florida's forecast looks thundery for the week. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2005] Reference
She stood at the open door, staggering herself with this enigma, on a rainy, thundery evening. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
A band of heavy rain will move northwards during Sunday with heavy and thundery showers following. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
It was a brooding, thundery day, sultry and threatening -- the 17th of July, according to the calendar. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
After that is Sunday, and the weather is supposed to turn thundery which will be our first bad weather I think. From Wordnik.com. [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference
During sultry and thundery weather, as it is called, many of the delicate suffer from languor, listlessness, and headache. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886] Reference
Tourism bosses say inaccurate forecast of thundery weather on Monday cost Dorset resort millions of pounds in lost revenue. From Wordnik.com. [Heavy snow causes chaos for US commuters] Reference
The best baits for eels are worms and small fish, and the best time to use them is at night or in thundery or very wet weather. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Beijing powerbrokers expect athletes to compete in warm, humid and often thundery weather next year amid fears of heavy pollution. From Wordnik.com. [Extreme Climate Control | Impact Lab] Reference
The gardeners had been mowing, and there was still the smell of fresh-cut grass — the thundery air kept all scents close to earth. From Wordnik.com. [To Let] Reference
It had been an unusually wet month; milky puffs of pale cloud glided against a ground of thundery grey, heralding more rain to come. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
She felt instantly reassured by it, turned her head up to the thundery sky and let some. rain wash over her face and into her mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Mostly Harmless]
The first image is from a long rainy and thundery! walk past the lake, nearly arriving at the Imperial Palace where the MIFA is held. From Wordnik.com. [Images from Annecy 2007 (I)] Reference
The day proved to be so hot and thundery that, before twelve o'clock, the milk in my bottle turned solid and had to be eaten like junket. From Wordnik.com. ['Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany] Reference
It was oppressively hot, and had it not been for Jack's anxiety he would have enjoyed the swift cooling passage through the thundery air. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference
It was a hot, thundery day, and he was feeling still more cross after searching through three fields and finding no trace of the children. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
The weather was good to us (it got all thundery and rainy the last time we were there), and the light breeze was pleasantly complementary. From Wordnik.com. [babycartercl Diary Entry] Reference
There will also be heavy squally and possibly thundery showers. From Wordnik.com. [ireland.com Breaking News] Reference
'And yours has a top, and the weather looks thundery,' said the. From Wordnik.com. [A Diversity of Creatures] Reference
The early afternoon was hot and thundery, and the hum of the bees. From Wordnik.com. [Merry-Garden and Other Stories] Reference
About twelve o'clock heavy thundery weather to the west and south. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart] Reference
Her expression was thundery, and her greeting the reverse of cordial. From Wordnik.com. [A harum-scarum schoolgirl] Reference
The showers will be slow moving, heavy, and possibly thundery at times. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
We have already had hot and thundery weather, but it has now become cool again. From Wordnik.com. [George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends] Reference
(July had been very thundery in the South, but cold with night frosts in Scotland). From Wordnik.com. [Brits at their Best] Reference
The sounds above ceased all of a sudden, and the weather seemed to change to thundery. From Wordnik.com. [Boycotted And Other Stories] Reference
Overhead black, thundery clouds sweep on for days and weeks together towards the mountains. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty] Reference
The forecast for today is a stormy day ahead with showery outbreaks of rain also, heavy and possibly thundery at times. From Wordnik.com. [Press Releases | Press Release Distribution | Submit Press Release] Reference
The gardeners had been mowing, and there was still the smell of fresh-cut grass -- the thundery air kept all scents close to earth. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
Central and eastern England will be grey with low cloud, mist and a few slow moving showers - some of these heavy and possibly thundery. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
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