Definition: 1. A flash, or several flashes, of very bright light in the sky caused by electricity. 2. Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light.
Use 'lightning' in a sentence:
1. Lightning streaks from cloud to cloud.
2. The continual flashes of lightning scared the child.
3. Weather forecasts predict more hot weather, gusty winds and lightning strikes.
4. Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed.
5. Weather forecasts predict more hot weather, gusty winds, and lightning strikes.
6. The lightning was vivid.
7. Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.
8. The lightning gave the room a scary aspect.
9. The chances are a million to one against being struck by lightning.
10. At that moment, a flash of lightning lit the horizon.
11. Lightning tore the tree in sunder.
12. In the lightning I saw that the roof of the hut had been blown off.
13. Agassi saw his chance and, with another lightning forehand, reached match point.
14. Lightning strikes caused scores of fires across the state.
15. "Lightning is not perfectly well behaved," says Bernstein.
16. Bank staff are to stage a series of lightning strikes in a dispute over staffing.
17. If I'm struck by lightning, what can you do?
18. One man died when he was struck by lightning.
19. She named her go kart "Blue Lightning".
20. The big tree was split by the lightning.
21. Driving today demands lightning reflexes.
22. Lightning zigzagged across the sky.
23. Pickers are bent double, plucking each flower with lightning speed.
24. Lightning set several buildings on fire.
25. The little boy would cower under the table when there was lightning.
26. Lightning flashed among the distant dark clouds.
27. A sudden flash of lightning lit everything up for a second.
28. There was a flash of lightning and the house was plunged into darkness.
29. Lightning is pulling toward tall poles and trees.
30. Thunder often accompanies lightning.
31. Lightning usually accompanies thunder.
32. Lightning is caused by clouds discharging electricity.
33. Did that lightning shake you up?
34. A bolt of lightning lit up the sky.
35. Police and the villagers all unanimously ascribed the forest fire to thunder and lightning.
36. Lightning flashed through the air.
37. He was deeply interested in science and natural history and his experiments with electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod.
38. The silk ribbon will stop the lightning from passing through his body.
39. Lightning cuts a jagged line through the evening sky.
40. It was unbelievably dramatic as lightning crackled all around the van.
41. Suddenly a bolt of lightning crackled through the sky.
42. Like a flash of lightning, the meteor shot across the sky.
43. "We can cause the lightning to strike where we want it to using rockets," says Ralph Bernstein, manager of lightning projects at EPRI.
44. Lightning swept across the right sky.
45. Black clouds, thunder and lightning show that a storm is imminent.
46. The old tree was struck by lightning.
47. Lightning flashed in the distance.
48. The black sky was illuminated by forked lightning.
49. He was struck by lightning and killed.
50. The lightning made a zigzag in the sky.
51. His eyes glared like lightning.
52. There was frequent thunder and lightning, and torrential rain.
53. "We think we could prevent hail by inducing lightning," he says.
54. Franklin's experiments showed that the lightning is an electrical discharge.
55. The lightning could touch off wildfires in Eastern Washington.
56. Lightning strikes again and the lights go out.
57. The tree was struck by lightning.
58. Our lightning speed knocked the enemy completely off balance and struck fear into its heart.
59. Another flash of lightning lit up the cave.
60. What a vivid flash of lightning!
61. He is a lightning rod for controversy.
62. The lightning flashed across the sky.
63. The motorcycle raced along the street at lightning speed.
64. This highlights a problem faced by people proposing theories of ball lightning.
65. As the huge clouds rolled up accompanied by thunder and lightning, It'seemed as though we were watching a war of the elements.
