bolt

Example Sentences

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So you can understand, if not necessarily agree with, their reluctance to drop out and call it a day, in the hope that, just maybe, that proverbial bolt of lightning will strike.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"I just realised like a bolt one night that our two grandchildren, who at that time were under one and nearly five, were in the same position that Claire was in," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

With his eyes closed and his face grimacing, he grappled for a bolt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

But it isn’t a bolt out of the blue.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

Like a bolt of lightning himself, he bolts for the door.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers