West from the quarries of Sinai is a group of ravines and mountains among which subterranean thunders are heard frequently, the earth trembles, and flames are seen sometimes.
And Jehovah looking down from high heaven did not hurl His thunders at those monstrous creatures!
Suraj-ud-daula, disappointed in plunder, retired to Murshidabad fulminating vain thunders against all things British, as he abandoned himself once more to infamous pleasures.
From the far distance come the reverberating thunders of the Mahabharata, still filling the ear with stories of myth and miracle.
The earth sways and thunders like a sugar-mill at work, Like the wheel of an oil-mill so shakes the earth.
The authority of the Inca might be compared with that of the Pope in the day of his might, when Christendom trembled at the thunders of the Vatican, and the successor of St. Peter set his foot on the necks of princes.
Its thunders pealed, Its mountains shook, its temples reeled, The blood-red fountains were unsealed, And Moloch sunk to Hades.
Firm are the pillars that defy The volleyed thunders of the sky; Sweet are the summer wreaths that twine With bud and flower our martyrs' shrine.
Burst through life's twilight, as before the sun Roll the deepthunders of the morning gun!
Be Thou a pillared flame to show The midnight snare, the silent foe; And when the battle thunders loud, Still guide us in its moving cloud.
Ah, well her iron ribs are knit, Whose thunders strive to quell The bellowing throats, the blazing lips, That pealed the Armada's knell!
Thou wast the victor, and all nature shrunk Before the thunders of thine awful wrath; The steel-armed hunter viewed thee from afar, Fearless and trackless in thy lonely path!
That roares so low'd, and thunders in the Index, Looke heere &c.
The irony of the words in the light of her knowledge was pointed by a terrific renewal of the thunders and the flashes far up on the range, and she could not resist rejoicing in her heart.
The next night Westerling followed up his supposed advantage at Engadir as he had planned, and there was no sleep for the thunders and the light of the explosions through the barracks-room windows.
While his head was still bent the artillery began its crashing thunders and the sky became light with flashes.
The thunders of batteries hammering them became a routine of existence, like the passing of trains to one living near a railroad.
Alone with her he waited for the thunders of his planning that were to break it.
The birds were tuning up for their morning songs when she heard the dull echo of distant guns, soon to be submerged in other thunders at nearer points along the frontier.
The thunders of Napoleon's cannon were reverberating across the lagoons which surround the Queen of the Adriatic.
Bands of music filled the air with martial sounds, while the very walls of Paris were shaken by the thunders of exploding artillery and by the acclamations of the countless thousands who thronged the court.
Upon the rejection of these proposals the thunders of Napoleon's artillery were again heard, and over the hills and through the valleys, onward he rushed with his impetuous troops, allowing his foe no repose.
The night is strangely, wildly dark; The thundersfiercely roll, And lightnings flash their angry spark; But thou absorb'st my soul.
The fields seem spinning round, the trees seem flying past, The engine thunders on, the station's reached at last.
The thunders of their cannon are now heard, and they bear the appalling news to the Austrians that the Prussians are not sleeping.
What care they for the battle which thunders and roars before them?
We will now go to our rehearsal, and we must perform our tragedy with such care and in such a manner that the thunders of applause which we receive will reach the ears of our enemies.
We are resolute thou wilt serve him better by directing the thunders of his cannon against the heathen hordes of Mexico, than by cultivating his vines and fig-trees on the hills of Granada.
We fired a single cannon, And as its thunders rolled, The mist before us lifted In many a heavy fold.
And let our Ship of State to harbor sweep, Her ports all up, her battle-lanterns lit, And her leashed thunders gathering for their leap!
Thus: one of your bold thunders may abortive, And cause that birth miscarry, that might have prov'd An instrument of wonders, greater and rarer Than Apollonius the magician wrought.
Mr. Davis finished his oration and retired from the front of the stage amid thunders of applause and showers of bouquets from his lady friends.
One of them said: "When it thunders every one trembles; if there are several together, one asks the other with uneasiness, Is there any one amongst us who devours the wealth of others?
Seven thunderswould not wake That dreaded one--her load of life laid down.
I quake with dread; the risk I feel, As when I hear the thunders peal, Or fear its sudden crash.
Though the thunders roar and the earthquakes roar or bellow; though lightnings flash and war be on every hand, suffer not a joint to tremble nor let your hearts faint for the great Eloheim will deliver you.
When I think upon this subject {495} I want the tongue of seven thunders to awaken the people to action.
If they had the power the very thunders of heaven would resound in our ears.
With these words he ascended from the shore, and was received with thunders of applause.
Redeemer of sinners, that I may obtain rest for my soul from the thunders of guilt and the dread of eternity.
Thunders roll above him—lightnings flash around him—the earth trembles beneath him, as if ready to open her mouth and swallow him up.
The deep-voiced thunders roll, aweful and loud Tho' distant; while upon the misty downs Fast falls in shadowy streaks the pelting rain.
The rhetorician exaggerates and hurls his thunders on flowers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thunders" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
