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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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
There was a 20% to 25% chance of thunderstorms across the Bay Area that could bring brief, heavy rainfall, Gass said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
It’s described as a large area of showers and thunderstorms.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
Animated weather radar indicated thunderstorms and torrential rain impacting areas near Phoenix and extending into northern and eastern Arizona.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
There was a 20% to 25% chance of thunderstorms across the Bay Area that could bring brief, heavy rainfall, Gass said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
It’s described as a large area of showers and thunderstorms.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
Animated weather radar indicated thunderstorms and torrential rain impacting areas near Phoenix and extending into northern and eastern Arizona.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Thunderstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thunderstorm. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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thunderstorm
noun
thun·der·storm
-ˌstȯ(ə)rm 
: a storm accompanied by lightning and thunder
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