How do you use Thundery in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like deafening or earsplitting, plus the exact meaning.
Thundery in a sentence
Thundery meaning
- Of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.
- Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
- Threatening.
Synonyms of Thundery
Using Thundery
- The main meaning on this page is: Of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning. | Resembling or characteristic of thunder. | Threatening.
- Useful related words include: deafening, earsplitting, roaring, thunderous.
- In the example corpus, thundery often appears in combinations such as: thundery showers, heavy thundery, thundery rain.
Context around Thundery
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thundery
- In this selection, "thundery" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heavy, potentially, turning, showers, rain and downpours stand out and add context to how "thundery" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and perhaps thundery pushing southeastwards and and possibly thundery. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thundery" sits close to words such as abdicated, acme and afcfta, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thundery
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Met Office has predicted that thundery showers could hit Sussex next week. (13 words)
More showery by the afternoon with slow-moving and heavy any thundery downpours possible. (14 words)
All of those capitals seeing a risk of thundery weather on Christmas Day,” he added. (15 words)
According to the Met Office, September's warm weather will continue into the weekend, and it's set to get even hotter though there's a chance of some thundery rain to come for some as the summery spell breaks down. (41 words)
The Met Office predict this is ‘likely to be a predominantly unsettled period beginning with fairly widespread rain or thundery showers’ with ‘warm, humid air’ which should clear to the east early in this period. (35 words)
A spokesman for the Met Office said: ‘After a wet week, further heavy and at times thundery showers, will merge into longer spells of rain between early Saturday and Sunday morning. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to the Met Office, September's warm weather will continue into the weekend, and it's set to get even hotter though there's a chance of some thundery rain to come for some as the summery spell breaks down.
All of those capitals seeing a risk of thundery weather on Christmas Day,” he added.
Another fine and dry start with scattered showers developing through the day which will merge into longer spells of heavy rain in the evening, potentially turning thundery at times.
A spokesman for the Met Office said: ‘After a wet week, further heavy and at times thundery showers, will merge into longer spells of rain between early Saturday and Sunday morning.
A spokesman said: “Heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop across parts of England and Wales during Sunday, with longer spells of thundery rain in places.
But thundery downpours will move in from the west on Wednesday, according to Sky News.
Cloud then bubbling up with scattered showers by late-morning, some of which may turn locally heavy and possibly thundery.
Dunedin is due to see a little of each tomorrow with a high of 24 degrees along with a spell of possibly heavy, thundery rain in the afternoon.
Feeling warm and humid in the south on Sunday with thundery showers spreading north across much of the country.
More showery by the afternoon with slow-moving and heavy any thundery downpours possible.
More than 2500 lightning strikes have blitzed the top of the North Island this morning as a cluster of thundery cells bombards Auckland and Northland.
Mr Petagna said that “heavy and potentially thundery showers” will move eastwards across the south of England.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday: Staying unsettled with a continued risk of heavy, thundery showers.
Sunday offers a similar forecast: cloudy with a chance of showers that might again turn heavy and thundery in the evening.
Sunny at first but some scattered showers spreading eastwards later, some of these still potentially thundery in places though fewer and less organised than on Sunday.
The forecast for the area on Monday reads: "Often cloudy with outbreaks of rain and showers, often heavy and perhaps thundery, pushing southeastwards on Monday.
The government agency says that today it will stay warm with heavy, thundery showers forecast for this afternoon.
The Met Office has predicted that thundery showers could hit Sussex next week.
The Met Office is predicting rain across south Wales, including Newport, on Saturday and Monday with heavy, thundery downpours predicted on Sunday.
The Met Office predict this is ‘likely to be a predominantly unsettled period beginning with fairly widespread rain or thundery showers’ with ‘warm, humid air’ which should clear to the east early in this period.
Common combinations with thundery
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- thundery showers 22×
- heavy thundery 11×
- thundery rain 7×
- thundery downpours 6×
- and thundery 6×
- of thundery 4×
- turning thundery 3×
- thundery at 3×
- some thundery 2×
- thundery weather 2×