like greased lightning
Example Sentences
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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
Her crochet hook was racing like greased lightning by then.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
You see, the Spaniard was coming in our direction, and coming like greased lightning.
From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell
One year they had spent hours working it up so that you slipped along like greased lightning as you danced.
From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
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
