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tonnerre in English:

1. thundered thundered


During the game, it suddenly began to rain and it thundered, too.
First it thundered, and then it started to rain.

English word "tonnerre"(thundered) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Personae" (Ezra Pound)
Fiches du livre - "The Untamed" (Max Brand)
Fiches du livre - "White Fire" (Roy J. Snell)
Fiches du livre - "Poems" (G.K. Chesterton)
Fiches du livre - "Junior" (Robert Abernathy)

2. thunder thunder


Lightning precedes thunder.
It is because light travels faster than sound that we see lightning before we hear thunder.
I had hardly walked a mile when it began to thunder.
Thunder indicates that a storm is near.
To make matters worse, it began to thunder fiercely.
The morning forecast predicted thunder showers later in the day.
Thunder has been explained scientifically, and people no longer believe it is a sign that the gods are angry with them, so thunder, too, is a little less frightening.
It's so muggy; I think it will thunder in a short while.
We took cover from the thunder shower.
Thunder rolled with menacing crashes.
the horses thundered down the race track
to thunder
I don’t mind the lightning, but I’m afraid of thunder.
It was very stormy, with ear-splitting thunder and flashes of lightning across the sky.

English word "tonnerre"(thunder) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Duel" (A. I. Kuprin)
Fiches du livre - "Poems" (Clara A. Merrill)
Fiches du livre - "Ninety-Three" (Victor Hugo)
Fiches du livre - "Brite and Fair" (Henry A. Shute)
Fiches du livre - "In My Nursery" (Laura E. Richards)

3. thunderheads thunderheads



English word "tonnerre"(thunderheads) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Caribbee" (Thomas Hoover)
Fiches du livre - "The Haunted Ship" (Kate Tucker)
Fiches du livre - "Basil Everman" (Elsie Singmaster)
Fiches du livre - "Oakdale Boys in Camp" (Morgan S...
Fiches du livre - "Meeting of the Minds" (Robert S...

4. thunderous thunderous


The drumming of his fingers was thunderous to Alicia's sensitive ears.
thunderous applause a thunderous reception

English word "tonnerre"(thunderous) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Meeting of the Board" (Alan Edw...
Fiches du livre - "The Ordeal of Colonel Johns" (G...
Fiches du livre - "Dave Dawson at Dunkirk" (Robert...
Fiches du livre - "The Mississippi Saucer" (Frank ...
Fiches du livre - "The Cosmic Express" (John Stewa...

5. thundering thundering


The day was rainy, and what was worse, thundering.
The jumbo jet touched down thundering.

English word "tonnerre"(thundering) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "My First Battle" (Adam Mickiewicz)
Fiches du livre - "Beauties of Tennyson" (Alfred T...
Fiches du livre - "... After a Few Words..." (Gord...
Fiches du livre - "Climbing on the Himalaya and Ot...
Fiches du livre - "Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (...

other words beginning with "T"

tomate in English
tomber in English
tombé in English
tortue in English
toucher in English
toujours in English