Thesaurus / like greased lightning
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synonyms for like greased lightning
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How to use like greased lightning in a sentence
May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSThe left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEHis strong legs and his broad, spade-like feet helped to make him a fine swimmer.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYThe wave-like movement of these animals is particularly graceful and cleverly done.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTThese dreamy, Madonna-like beauties are the result of the most severe and protracted study.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTRarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDThe building, a mosque-like structure of considerable size, was situated in the midst of a grove of mango trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYWhen rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDThe individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDSpite, however, of punishments and prohibitions the use of tobacco spread with the rapidity of lightning.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.WORDS RELATED TO LIKE GREASED LIGHTNING
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