lightning
Frequently Asked Questions
- Did you know that thunder is sound waves generated by the expansion of air resulting from the heat produced by lightning?
- Her idea was like lightning for our brainstorming session—it electrified us into a creative frenzy.
- The cat darted across the room as fast as lightning.
Example Sentences
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"When such charged droplets strike a coating, they discharge locally and can puncture the layer in specific spots like a small flash of lightning -- with consequences for the coating's durability."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
It is, one said, “like being hit by a truck and struck by lightning at the same time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Severe convective storms are damaging storms that can include thunderstorms with lightning, tornadoes or destructive winds, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
“In other words, I have become the lightning rod for his complaints.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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
That night it thundered and lightninged, and Antha nearly went into hysterics.
From The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
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 Sigismond de Ivanowski
It thundered and lightninged incessantly, so that his ears rang and his eyes were blinded.
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm
Vocabulary lists containing lightning
Physical Geography - Introductory
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