Examples of thunderstorm in a Sentence
There are thunderstorms in the forecast.
The weather service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning.
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Cities such as Dallas, Little Rock and Nashville will also remain warm enough to face rain and possibly thunderstorms.
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John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
To get people interested in Lay’s potato chips, PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay will unspool a cinematic, minute-long spot all about the travails of potato farmers, complete with a raging thunderstorm, a young girl and an absence of dialogue.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025
The weather service said that some forecast models show that freezing drizzle is possible in the far northeast parts of the Kansas City forecast area and that there may be weak thunderstorms in the southeast locations.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, rain and thunderstorms are expected for Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia, as well as parts of North Carolina, Arkansas, Maryland, and the southern portions of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
To get people interested in Lay’s potato chips, PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay will unspool a cinematic, minute-long spot all about the travails of potato farmers, complete with a raging thunderstorm, a young girl and an absence of dialogue.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025
The weather service said that some forecast models show that freezing drizzle is possible in the far northeast parts of the Kansas City forecast area and that there may be weak thunderstorms in the southeast locations.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, rain and thunderstorms are expected for Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia, as well as parts of North Carolina, Arkansas, Maryland, and the southern portions of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Thunderstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thunderstorm. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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thunderstorm
noun
thun·der·storm
-ˌstȯ(ə)rm 
: a storm accompanied by lightning and thunder
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