How to use "lightning" in a sentence

She arrived just as the rain began to pour, and lightning flashed across the sky

Suddenly the sky was shattered by lightning, then by a hard clap of thunder, and the night imploded into a deeper darkness, into infinite and perfect blackness.

The cat pounced, missed its prey, stumbled, scared itself, and flashed lightning-quick into another yard.

Like the relentless building of a storm wind and then the lightning

In one smooth lightning-fast movement, Elliot seized the measuring cup into which he had poured four ounces of vinegar a few minutes ago, and he threw the contents in Vince's face

Just after this came the first lightning of the storm, and the thunder burst like a gun overhead

After the lightning had begun, it flashed again and again, as quickly as I have ever seen

At first I thought it was the wet roof of a house, but the lightning flashes showed that it was moving quickly down Maybury Hill

The horse did not move (his neck was broken, poor animal!) and by the lightning flashes I saw the turned-over cart and one wheel still spinning slowly

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

Then the lightning flashed again and I saw his face

The sound of guns continued from time to time and after midnight there seemed to be lightning in the south.