like (greased) lightning
idiom
informal
: very quickly
The news traveled across the country like lightning.
moving like greased lightning
Examples of like (greased) lightning in a Sentence
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Emotions are coursing through us like lightning bolts.
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Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2024
Dissonant brass chords sundered the hall’s warm air like lightning.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
Likewise, an idea or epiphany could strike like lightning, lighting the way to your next big success.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2024
General Daily Insight for April 26, 2024 Emotions are coursing through us like lightning bolts.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2024
The whole morning news team experience in those early years was like lightning in a bottle.
—Carlos Amezcua, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
Joseph used to ride like lightning on a motorbike at their old Texas cattle ranch.
—Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2024
The chapel was so old that creaks shuttered across the floor like lightning.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Although some Shield tracks feel like Priest-by-numbers, the songs that really hit feel like lightning striking.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2024
Dissonant brass chords sundered the hall’s warm air like lightning.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
Likewise, an idea or epiphany could strike like lightning, lighting the way to your next big success.
—Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2024
General Daily Insight for April 26, 2024 Emotions are coursing through us like lightning bolts.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2024
The whole morning news team experience in those early years was like lightning in a bottle.
—Carlos Amezcua, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
Joseph used to ride like lightning on a motorbike at their old Texas cattle ranch.
—Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2024
The chapel was so old that creaks shuttered across the floor like lightning.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Although some Shield tracks feel like Priest-by-numbers, the songs that really hit feel like lightning striking.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
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