thunder-bolt

A thunder-bolt that had instantly destroyed her, would gratefully have been received, in preference to this speech, by Camilla, who, casting up her hands and eyes, exclaimed: 'Then am I the most detestable, as well as the most wretched of human beings!

Camilla 2008

During the last fortnight she had remarked the pallid and sunk countenance of her friend, and how languid and thin she became; yet she had no apprehension of any immediate danger, and the shock came like a thunder-bolt upon her.

The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale 2008

At a later date, while encamping in the neighbourhood of the Enclosures,355 a thunder-bolt fell into his camp.

Hellenica 2007

The radiant pillar hurtled upward like a thunder-bolt; vanished in space.

The Metal Monster 2004

In fact, he had scarcely time to seal up the key in a separate package, hand it to Jordas, and take the order (now become a receipt) from the horny fist of the dogman, before Marmaduke, rendered more dashing by snow-drift, was away like a thunder-bolt — if such a thing there be, and if it has four legs.

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

That each of these responses fell upon Maurice like a thunder-bolt was only too evident.

The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003

She had expected to see Marie-Anne fall dead before her, as if stricken down by a thunder-bolt.

The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003

Had a thunder-bolt riven the earth at the feet of the murderess, she could not have been more terrified.

The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003

This rushing mass, coming like a thunder-bolt, preceded by a formidable rumbling, caused a whirlwind, which tore the branches from the trees along the road, terrified the animals browsing in adjoining fields, and scattered and killed the birds, which could not resist the suction of the tremendous air currents engendered by its passage.

The Master of the World 2003

As they approached the town he saw that some great rejoicing was being held, and when the hunters asked what had happened they were told that the Prince, whose only pleasure it was to torment his people, had been found in his room, killed by a thunder-bolt (for that was what was supposed to have become of him).

The Blue Fairy Book 2003