greased lightning

Example Sentences

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But their set is less Greased Lightning and more Atomic Bomb - a short, sharp barrage of punk-pop explosions.

From BBC • May 11, 2019

Len thought it lacked Greased Lightning, and was somewhere between Summer Nights and Last of The Summer Wine.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2015

Len thought it lacked Greased Lightning, and was somewhere between Summer Nights and Last of The Summer Wine.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2015

But it ended with the characters flying into the sunset in the famous Greased Lightning car.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2012

Having inflicted what seemed to it to be punishment enough, the Greased Lightning sailed coquettishly on down the lake, and finally banged into a dock at home, and stopped.

From The Dozen from Lakerim by Hughes, Rupert