thunderbolt

• Thunderbolt: A traditional expression for lightning or a symbolic representation, a thunderbolt has been a powerful symbol throughout history, and has appeared numerous times in mythology. —  SimonOnSports
• A traditional expression for lightning or a symbolic representation, a thunderbolt has been a powerful symbol throughout history, and has appeared numerous times in mythology. —  FanHouse
• She sprang upon the back of the young thunderbolt, a brilliant star sparkles upon her head, with one hand she grasps the reins, and with the other she holds an olive branch. —  The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories
• The pagan wielder of the thunderbolt is represented in modern traditions by more than one Christian saint. —  Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
• But there were a few on whom the message fell like a thunderbolt, as we shall now proceed to show CHAPTER FIVE TELLS OF PLOTTINGS AND TRIALS AT HOME, WITH DOINGS AND DANGERS ABROAD In a dingy office, in a back street in one of the darkest quarters of the city, whose name we refrain from mentioning, an elderly man sat down one foggy morning, poked the fire, blew his nose, opened his newspaper, and began to read. —  Philosopher Jack

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