'lightning' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'lightning' with 10 example sentences.
- lightning noun
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: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
: the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
lightning rod
flash of lightning
lightning strike
bolt of lightning
thunder and lightning
lightning bolt
lightning flash
Why does lightning flash and thunder rumble?
The tree in front of the library was struck by lightning.
A heart attack often comes like lightning from a blue sky.
Everything happened at lightning speed.
Quick as lightning, he solved the problem.
The dog hid under the bed whenever lightning flashed.
Lightning does sometimes strike the same place twice.
This building has a lightning rod.
The old man had been making white lightning for 50 years.
Such an accurate, lightning-quick reply. What can I say?