[
UK
/lˈaɪtnɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈɫaɪtnɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫaɪtnɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
- abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
How To Use lightning In A Sentence
- But the demands of success hit them like a bolt of lightning. The Sun
- There was thunder too and lightning and in places rain. Bomber
- They shoot up from the tops of thunderstorms about the same moment lightning discharges within the storm cloud.
- The long punishing jaws of a borzoi can snatch up small and not-so-small varmints both wild or domestic with lightning speed.
- There was a sudden flash of lightning that gave the face blazing eyes. The Other Side of Me
- Lightning raids in class are entirely justified. The Sun
- Thus, among many of the tribes the sun is wakanda — not _the_ wakanda or _a_ wakanda, but simply wakanda; and among the same tribes the moon is wakanda, and so is thunder, lightning, the stars, the winds, the cedar, and various other things; even The Siouan Indians
- A sudden flash of lightning lit everything up for a second.
- Instead he plays Arthur as a terrifying yet avuncular figure, apt to switch from jovial bonhomie to murderous rage with lightning speed.
- His golden eyes glinted as he suddenly moved trough the crowd with lightning speed and grabbed a young boy by the collar.