| The first thunderclap brought down raindrops and hailstones as big as marbles. |
| Half of her words were lost in the noise of a thunderclap that echoed through the sky. |
| What has just happened is not a French or Dutch thunderclap in a clear European sky. |
| The beginning of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States breaks open with the force of a thunderclap. |
| Helen yells at him and slams the door, but then there is a thunderclap and the sound of pouring rain. |
| And like the sound of a thunderclap in the distance on a hot summer day, the storm clouds are already visible. |
