But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became onethunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
1930, Norman Lindsay,Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.:Ure Smith, published1965,→OCLC, page85:
He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion tothunderous indignation.
1932, Frank Richards, “The Complete Outsider”, inThe Magnet:
After the hour mark, events in Manchester were almost becoming a distraction such was thethunderous cheer from the United fans to greet QPR taking their unlikely lead against City.
