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And she said it was like a thunderous train of air.— Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity
The band ended the night with a thunderous, gospel-like version of Stephen Foster's 19th-century classic "Hard Times (Come Again No More)" and Pete Seeger's fiddle-heavy "American Land."— Spin Magazine Online -
John Warner was greeted with a thunderous, sustained ovation when he took the podium at the reception.— Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
We hear that after her first line -- '' Yes '' -- she gets a thunderous (and distracting) burst of applause and then turns in a polished, professional performance as the buttoned-up daughter of a famous architect and (in Act 2) as her eccentric Southern mother.— Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

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