lightning

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

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

“The person tasked with making the lightning lane reservations for a group is going to have a very different day,” said Jessica Gardner, an influencer known as “the theme parkette.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

It is naturally affected by lightning fires that spread rapidly through the canopy, making them difficult to control.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

The thunder and lightning and rough water near the surface were replaced by the still, silent darkness of the deep ocean.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

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

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

It thundered and lightninged incessantly, so that his ears rang and his eyes were blinded.

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard

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