thunderclap

"I think the thunderclap was the collapse of the Gate he came through."

Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

There was another thunderclap, close enough to make the ground shake this time.

Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

And like a thunderclap, when you think back on its arrival, you realize you saw it coming for a long time - a short journey of Jorge and Sybille makes for a perfectly executed story, a tight little package of character, theme, style.

Robert Silverberg's "The World Inside": Overpopulation, Sex and Sensibility 2009

The ending of Born With The Dead comes almost too soon, but when it does come it arrives like a thunderclap.

Robert Silverberg's "The World Inside": Overpopulation, Sex and Sensibility 2009

They do always let me know that a storm is coming before I hear the first thunderclap.

3 to 2 prong adapters 2009

The phrase comes as a thunderclap and, without exculpating the soldiers, implies the failure lay with politicans who prosecuted a war without regard for consequences.

Tactical Questioning - review 2011

And the thunderclap that opens the fourth movement didn't quite come off, in part because there wasn't a lot of dynamic contrast from one movement to another, and in part because the chord wasn't quite together.

The National Symphony Orchestra audience directs its attention to Eschenbach Anne Midgette 2010

There was the abrupt thunderclap of the engine turning over, the screech of the front end as the car wheeled round, pale miniature hands fluttering their goodbyes out the open window, and then, finally, silence.

The Silence 2010

Sudden and decisive, like a thunderclap followed by a great rain that just kept going until it flooded the room with the collective approval of every person in the audience.

Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

Toward the end of How Great Thou Art, a thunderclap outside the tent brought a few laughs, but Thomas 'ending won a standing ovation.

In New Orleans, jazz fans get their groove on despite rain 2010