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
He'd stop saving the taxpayers of Multiopolis, and take his car, and go like greased lightning for a little sick girl.
From Michael O'Halloran by Stratton-Porter, Gene
"And streaking it like greased lightning," added Whopper.
From Guns and Snowshoes Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters by Bonehill, Ralph
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
