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Example sentences for: lightning

How can you use “lightning” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Thunderbolt , Georgia, got its name hundreds of years ago when a bolt of lightning hit near the village.
In 1820 this imperial summer villa was all but abandoned after Emperor Jiaqing was killed here by a bolt of lightning.
Some say the carvings are there for protection, because the goddess of lightning is a virgin who would not come near anything so shocking.
However, lightning is more likely to kill you while you're engaged in recreation ( 14.3 percent), with the workplace a close second ( 14 percent in a public building , on a farm ,or in an industrial setting or a mine ; farms are the biggest risk here, responsible for 8.6 percent), and home placing third ( 12.4 percent at a home or resident institution ).
The three standard lines of analysis were: 1) The first lady would try to tug her husband back to the perilous left; 2) The president and his aides don't want her to take a public role, because she'll become a lightning rod; and 3) Republicans are secretly rooting for her to take a public role, for both the above reasons.