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
In a second, as the Yankees say, like greased lightning, I slid down the topmast backstay on deck.
From Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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
We all did a guy like greased lightning; you can when you're once on your wheel— Stout bobbies carn't run down a "Safety," and gurls can do nothink but squeal.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 by Various
