like greased lightning

Example Sentences

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Her crochet hook was racing like greased lightning by then.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

I went down it like greased lightning and came out at the bottom of it and once again I was on the floor.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

We all did a guy like greased lightning; you can when you're once on your wheel— Stout bobbies carn't run down a "Safety," and gurls can do nothink but squeal.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 by Various

Wow! say, did you notice me acoming down that tree outside like greased lightning?

From The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island or Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers by Carter, Herbert

True to form, like a well rehearsed circus act, the performance that followed went off like greased lightning.

From Wild Justice by Sprague, Ruth M.