Then there were more thunderclaps which, the young men affirmed, shook and compacted into a solid mass the still soft ground that consisted of water and mud. |
It was a very tedious business, and they amused themselves by counting the seconds between the thunderclaps and the flashes of lighting. |
You only get a few thunderclaps with each storm but, when you are on a 6th floor in a basically 3 story town, you really feel them. |
They simply graze on, their ears filled with thunderclaps and their coats filling with raindrops. |
Larry Lessig is explaining the importance of the public domain as a source for future creativity, when a series of thunderclaps shakes the auditorium. |
It might be worthwhile for logophiles to investigate the thunderclaps in depth. |