A long rolling thunderclap shook all the sky, and flashes of lightning zigzagged over the Vimy Ridge, whitening the edges of its upheaved earth.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
I am very glad this heart-breaking Irish thunderclap did not fall while you were here.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
It had come upon her that morning like a thunderclap-this new trouble, known only to herself and the fisherman's wife.
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn