A broadside from the O'Higgins crashed overhead, twitching a skein of powder smoke as it slammed above the Spanish infantry to shatter the further slope into gouts of soil and grass.

A loud clap of thunder crashed overhead, and rain lashed against the windows.

Thunder crashed overhead, and Mat stumbled, almost falling, almost pulling him down, too.

Thunder crashed overhead as if to punctuate her sentence, and lightning flashed.

The blood was instantly washed away by the rain, and another peal of thunder crashed overhead as I slithered back to the ditch.

The thunder rolled and crashed overhead, and lightning split the sky, crackling every few seconds, sending me into Chris's arms as I cringed back from what seemed to me the wrath of God.

Lightning lit up the wagon's windows with a blue flash, and thunder crashed overhead, so close it rattled the wagon.

Something like a thunderstorm crashed overhead, filled with shouting and what they at first thought were screams although, thinking about them later, they seemed more like angry arguments.

Winds crashed overhead, sounding like waves breaking against a stony shore.

Driving with difficulty through torrential rain while thunder and lightning crashed overhead, Jack found himself in a narrow West Country lane, realising that he had missed the turning that would have brought him back on to the main road.