| Helen yells at him and slams the door, but then there is a thunderclap and the sound of pouring rain. |
| The first thunderclap brought down raindrops and hailstones as big as marbles. |
| The beginning of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States breaks open with the force of a thunderclap. |
| As if in response to our comments, a loud thunderclap roared, filling the atmosphere with noise. |
| No sooner were we in bed when there was an almighty thunderclap and the heavens opened up and of course it sounded very loud on the tin roof. |
| Half of her words were lost in the noise of a thunderclap that echoed through the sky. |
