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  • adjective Characterised by thunderstorms.

Etymologies

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thunderstorm +‎ -y

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Examples

  • The horrifying account of a 25-year-old Tennessee woman being struck after having hiked with her about-to-become-fiance to a mountain peak dredged up my fears, which have been simmering for the past few thunderstormy weeks anyway.

    Fatal strike raises fear of lightning 2010

  • At least it's supposed to be rainy and thunderstormy here in Connecticut.

    Poll: McCain's Advantage Over Obama On Iraq Evaporating 2009

  • The night was thunderstormy, with tornado warnings, and the crowd at the enormous Temple auditorium was disappointingly small.

    The Worst Week 2007

  • I've been a KansasPerson in real life since 1986 (I moved here on a hot thunderstormy August day) and on the internet since about 2000.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

  • I've been a KansasPerson in real life since 1986 (I moved here on a hot thunderstormy August day) and on the internet since about 2000.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

  • Now that candidates Deeds, Moran, and McAuliffe have spent all that time and money campaigning in the Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary, how many people will actually bother voting in the terrible thunderstormy weather they're having today? ...

    Blogrunner 2009

  • At a college football game last fall on a partly sunny, partly thunderstormy afternoon in Baltimore, C. announced before kickoff that it looked the storm would pass by after all.

    3quarksdaily 2009

  • At a college football game last fall on a partly sunny, partly thunderstormy afternoon in Baltimore, C. announced before kickoff that it looked the storm would pass by after all.

    3quarksdaily 2009

  • "Yes, I remember; he caught it on a dark thunderstormy day, and said when he hooked it first, baiting with a pilchard, it came so easy that he thought it was a little one, and swam up every time he slackened his line till he got it close to the top.

    Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days George Manville Fenn 1870

  • Sophie said … hahahaha even in this hot weather i find an excuse to drink hot chocolate:) i dont mind a summer christmas though, it gets all thunderstormy and then it rains, love it!

    Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010

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