How to Use thundershower in a Sentence

thundershower

noun
  • Thundershowers are forecast for tomorrow.
  • The first large area of rain has just non-severe thundershowers.
    Mark Torregrossa | [email protected], cleveland, 18 Mar. 2020
  • June is thundershower month, and one drenched me on the way to a new midtown place that's more play than work.
    Alec Scott, latimes.com, 13 Aug. 2017
  • There is a chance of thundershowers in mountain areas of the county.
    Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Showers and a stray thundershower are a decent bet later in the day and into the evening.
    Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • Just a slight chance of a late-afternoon or early-evening thundershower.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
  • Most of us probably stay dry but can’t completely rule out a stray late-day shower or thundershower.
    Washington Post, 18 July 2021
  • The rain tends to taper off by the afternoon — with just a slight chance of a lingering shower or thundershower.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Skies may brighten a bit in the afternoon, but showers or perhaps a thundershower may still pop up, with highs near 80.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020
  • An isolated shower or thundershower isn’t out of the question late afternoon or evening.
    Molly Robey, Washington Post, 26 June 2022
  • That could trigger a few showers or a thundershower this morning into the early afternoon.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Can’t rule out a few lingering showers or a thundershower Friday night as lows fall back into the 60s.
    Washington Post, 30 June 2021
  • But a weak cold front approaches during the late afternoon and evening, with showers likely, and perhaps a thundershower.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 21 May 2018
  • Keep that umbrella handy since even a moderately heavy thundershower becomes more likely as the day progresses.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Any isolated thundershower may hold off until around sunset, but nothing heavy or long-lasting is currently expected.
    Washington Post, 26 July 2019
  • Mostly cloudy skies may have a few peeks of sunshine, but could also produce an occasional shower or a thundershower with the potential for a damaging wind gust.
    Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Showers and thundershowers were likely to continue overnight, according to the weather service.
    Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Thursday may see more clouds, with a slightly better chance of a shower or thundershower in the afternoon as highs range from the upper 70s to right around 80 again.
    Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Morning clouds and maybe a lingering shower or thundershower should give way to a partly sunny and breezy late morning and afternoon with decreasing humidity.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • The insurance proved to be more than window dressing, as the Blue Jays stormed back with the ferocity of the thundershowers that had pelted away at the tarp during the delay.
    Seth Berkman, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2016
  • Only a slight chance of a thundershower interrupting those holiday BBQs.
    Brian Jackson, Washington Post, 28 May 2017
  • Occasional showers are a good bet through midafternoon, with perhaps even a thundershower, before diminishing rain chances finally signal an end to this incessant dampness.
    Brian Jackson, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Luckily the humidity isn’t terrible, but back in the noticeable range with dew points in the mid-60s, and an isolated shower or thundershower possible toward evening.
    Brian Jackson, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2019
  • At Danwood, Wojciech Markowski was installing a window sill to an outdoor wall from the comfort of the indoor factory floor, safe from the thundershowers raging outside.
    James M Gomez, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Lightning ignited three small fires north of Warner Springs Saturday and forecasters say mountain areas could see more thundershowers on Sunday.
    Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 July 2017
  • There is a small chance of thundershowers in the area on Sunday, but fans are more likely to brave high-80s temperatures and humidity, which is not unusual for the late-July induction day.
    Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 19 July 2019
  • Afternoon thundershowers are a Tampa staple, and Hurricane Dorian may have a lingering impact, so the 49ers better be ready for wet, humid conditions after sleeping in Sunday.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019

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