How to Use thundershower in a Sentence

thundershower

noun

• Thundershowers are forecast for tomorrow.
• June is thundershower month, and one drenched me on the way to a new midtown place that's more play than work.
  — Alec Scott, latimes.com, 13 Aug. 2017
• The first large area of rain has just non-severe thundershowers.
  — Mark Torregrossa | [e-mail], cleveland, 18 Mar. 2020
• Showers and a stray thundershower are a decent bet later in the day and into the evening.
  — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
• Your alarm goes off at 6 a.m. The forecast calls for thundershowers, in between bouts of 95 and muggy.
  — Jonah Keri, SI.com, 27 June 2017
• There is a chance of thundershowers in mountain areas of the county.
  — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• Tonight: Chance of a few evening showers/thundershowers.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2019
• The rain tends to taper off by the afternoon — with just a slight chance of a lingering shower or thundershower.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2017
• Skies may brighten a bit in the afternoon, but showers or perhaps a thundershower may still pop up, with highs near 80.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020
• Affected by heat and summer thundershowers, various species of ants and termites emerge from the ground as winged adults, taking to the air to find mates.
  — Dave Taft, New York Times, 25 May 2017
• Just a slight chance of a late-afternoon or early-evening thundershower.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
• Thursday may see more clouds, with a slightly better chance of a shower or thundershower in the afternoon as highs range from the upper 70s to right around 80 again.
  — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022
• Expect more sunshine and a chance for some thundershowers.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 22 May 2020
• Can’t rule out a few lingering showers or a thundershower Friday night as lows fall back into the 60s.
  — Washington Post, 30 June 2021
• The insurance proved to be more than window dressing, as the Blue Jays stormed back with the ferocity of the thundershowers that had pelted away at the tarp during the delay.
  — Seth Berkman, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2016
• Most of us probably stay dry but can’t completely rule out a stray late-day shower or thundershower.
  — Washington Post, 18 July 2021
• Confidence: High Tonight: Still that slight chance of an early-evening shower or thundershower.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
• That keeps us cloudier and cooler with scattered showers likely and maybe a thundershower.
  — Washington Post, 23 May 2021
• Several miles away at Powell Steam Plant downtown, roller sports were delayed by rain after a heavy thundershower at about 4 p.m.
  — al, 8 July 2022
• But a weak cold front approaches during the late afternoon and evening, with showers likely, and perhaps a thundershower.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 21 May 2018
• Tonight: Perhaps a stray evening shower or thundershower.
  — Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2021
• An isolated shower or thundershower isn’t out of the question late afternoon or evening.
  — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 26 June 2022
• That could trigger a few showers or a thundershower this morning into the early afternoon.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
• There is a small chance of thundershowers in the area on Sunday, but fans are more likely to brave high-80s temperatures and humidity, which is not unusual for the late-July induction day.
  — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 19 July 2019
• Weather: Rain and thundershowers are expected this morning and then again this afternoon.
  — Azi Paybarah, New York Times, 25 June 2019
• At Danwood, Wojciech Markowski was installing a window sill to an outdoor wall from the comfort of the indoor factory floor, safe from the thundershowers raging outside.
  — James M Gomez, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• Mostly cloudy skies may have a few peeks of sunshine, but could also produce an occasional shower or a thundershower with the potential for a damaging wind gust.
  — Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2021
• Keep that umbrella handy since even a moderately heavy thundershower becomes more likely as the day progresses.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018
• Showers and thundershowers were likely to continue overnight, according to the weather service.
  — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2019
• Only a slight chance of a thundershower interrupting those holiday BBQs.
  — Brian Jackson, Washington Post, 28 May 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024