Sentence examples for a thunderous boom from inspiring English sources

A pillar of black smoke shoots into the sky, followed by a thunderous boom.

In the pitch of today's predawn, as 26 newly arrived journalists attempted sleep, a thunderous boom shook the city.

Then a glacier across the inlet cracked its knuckles and creaked closer towards the ocean, sending a thunderous boom across the bay.

An Apache helicopter fired a Hellfire missile at a militia team equipped with rocket-propelled grenades, again interrupting the night with a thunderous boom.

The explosion ripped through the gathered youngsters, a thunderous boom and blinding flash of light that threw people into the air, burned and riddled them with shrapnel, and tore some apart.

Mr. Conti, who escaped from the 81st floor of the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attack, was walking out the front door of his Staten Island home when a thunderous boom sounded and a shock wave hit him in the belly, followed by a whoosh of rushing air.

At that exact moment, a loud and thunderous boom went off and pushed me all the way to the front of where my 240B was mounted.

The start of the event is signalled by the thunderous boom of a cannon, which is fired at midday on the dot, scattering pigeons, causing locals to check their watches and sending first-time tourists diving for cover.

Within minutes, a thunderous sonic boom shook me awake.

We've been hearing this thunderous boom quite frequently in the last month here in Berkeley, but this one sounded bigger than most.

Ms. Austin said that they then entered their own building, and as she walked away, she heard the thunderous boom of the explosion.