lightning
Frequently Asked Questions
- Did you know that thunder is sound waves generated by the expansion of air resulting from the heat produced by lightning?
- Her idea was like lightning for our brainstorming session—it electrified us into a creative frenzy.
- The cat darted across the room as fast as lightning.
Example Sentences
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The technology is extraordinarily complex, and it is moving at a lightning pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Don’t miss out on the shapes the lightning paints the clouds with because you’re too busy swimming in puddles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Six months later, he inflicted a humiliating defeat with a lightning counter-offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
And under a climate change–driven heat dome that fuels more storms, the forests are all the more susceptible to inopportune lightning strikes.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
He is silent for so long, in fact, that I think he is going to eradicate me where I stand, with lightning vision or something terrifyingly cool.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Or really, lightninged out by area storms after only three holes.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 9, 2019
Having thus lightninged and thundered, Architect Warren ended his declaration with a statement mild as milk.
From Time Magazine Archive
When it thundered and lightninged that old hoss started to dance—thought twas a battle.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
It thundered and lightninged, and blowing a high gale, which was music in our ears, as we knew we were out of danger, and feeling the supreme gratification of knowing what we had escaped.
From The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days by Ivanowski, Sigismond de
That night it thundered and lightninged, and Antha nearly went into hysterics.
From The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
Vocabulary lists containing lightning
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