How to use "flash" in a sentence

There was no way forward, but as he was turning back, he saw movements in the distance and the flash of moonlight on metal

The street was lit with a sudden flash of light and filled with the thunder of gunfire.

If the gigantic sets and lavish costumes and intricate choreography were overdone, or if any element was improperly executed, the production would quickly stumble across the thin line between captivating show-biz flash and sheer vulgarity

And when all of a sudden someone does hit it big, especially on a slot machine where it can happen in a flash, they're so surprised they pass out

Here, there was no flash, no Vegas glamour

In a flash of understanding, she saw through to the heart of the mystery

Willis Bruckster studied his keno ticket, carefully comparing it to the winning numbers beginning to flash onto the electronic board that hung from the casino ceiling

Then he pushed a switch and the whole room was brightly lit by an orange flash of light

Then I noticed a flash of bright blue on the floor

I saw a reddish flash at the edge, the slightest bend in its shape, as the clock struck midnight.

At once, thinking quickly, he connected the Thing with the flash on Mars.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light and bright greenish smoke came out of the pit in three separate clouds, which moved up, one after the other, into the still air.

Slowly a dark shape rose out of the pit and a beam of light seemed to flash out from it.

Then there was a great flash like daylight and this strange object could be seen clearly.

Near the top I stood on something soft and, by a flash of lightning, saw the body of a man

The air was full of deafening and confusing noises: the loud sounds of the Martians, the crash of falling houses, the flash of fire as trees and fences began to burn

There was no flash, no smoke, simply a loud noise.

My brother, watching beside the women in the cart in the field, saw the green flash of it far beyond the hills

There was a violent bang, a blinding flash and the warship blew up

We sat in the kitchen in the dark and had a meal of cold food, and just before midnight there was a blinding flash of green light followed by the loudest bang I have ever heard

'Oh, one can't always work,' he said, and in a flash I understood the man clearly.

I looked at my own house with a quick flash of hope that died immediately