How to Use like (greased) lightning in a Sentence

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• In China, the shock of her rise was felt like lightning.
  — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
• Like any great Hum track, the streaky, melodic guitar leads strike through the mix like lightning in a hurricane.
  — Alex Suskind, EW.com, 27 June 2020
• An idea that struck the room, like lightning, was basically what’s now True Price.
  — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
• During the final chorus of the song, dozens of drones came out on stage, lit up and flying around like lightning bugs on a summer evening.
  — Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2021
• And every blip of the throttle strikes your nervous system like lightning.
  — Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2022
• Reno: People start more wildfires that burn more acres in the state than natural events like lightning.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022
• Outside, a red light flashes in the dark sky, like lightning; it is followed not by rain but by rubble that pounds the roofs of houses around us.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• Life could pick up its pace today, so events might start happening at what feels like lightning speed.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2021
• Then, behind those wide eyes, something like lightning flashed.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
• The singer posted a video Wednesday on Instagram of what looked like lightning outside the plane window.
  — Joseph Pisani, wsj.com, 23 Mar. 2022
• That fandom struck like lightning, staying with him, and has never wavered.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2022
• Gold rush fever spread like lightning across the country, and the West Coast was inundated with fortune hunters impatient for their ride north, their chance at the goldfields.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
• However, the snake is very fast, strikes like lightning and with great accuracy, gives multiple bites, and does not give dry bites.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 30 June 2020
• After all, says Chanin, brilliance doesn’t always strike like lightning but stems from micro-steps and consistent habits.
  — Sara Youngblood Gregory, refinery29.com, 20 July 2023
• Plasma accounts for natural phenomena like lightning or the aurora; the sun is a giant burning ball of it.
  — Amit Katwala, Wired, 15 Nov. 2021
• The human element: Fires can be triggered by natural causes like lightning strikes, which sparked the giant Bay Area wildfire complexes of 2020.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2021
• Intensely bright beams of color emanate like lasers from the reflective centers of the canvases like lightning bolts of inspiration.
  — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
• By burying power lines, the wires will be protected from common outage causes, like lightning, high winds, tornadoes, heavy snow, ice and falling tree limbs, according to Consumers.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024
• Remember when a 24-year-old Christian Bale wowed onlookers with this red carpet look featuring a shimmering sweep of silver eyeshadow that struck like lightning across his face?
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
• Paxton attracts controversy like lightning to a lightning rod.
  — Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
• And many scientists were skeptical, speculating that mundane sources like lightning strikes or even microwave ovens created the signal.
  — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2020
• You just get hit by this music like lightning without knowing any backstory or cultural reference points, and you’re instantly converted.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2 Oct. 2023
• Pasek and a team of researchers have studied this new material and how high-energy events like lightning strikes can lead to these reactions, and recently published some of their findings in Communications Earth & Environment.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024