forked lightning
noun
a zigzag form of lightning: Also called: chain lightning
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How to use forked lightning in a sentence
It played around him like forked lightning, and blinded him.
John Ingerfield and Other Stories | Jerome K. JeromeIt has also been held to symbolize light or the god of light, of the forked lightning, and of water.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonI will dart my arrows of forked lightning among your towns, and send the warring tempests of winter to devour you.
The Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the Wigwam | John FrostThe certainty of this shot through brain and body like forked lightning and seemed to sear her flesh.
The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel WilliamsonFrom the conception of the “dagger”, there is, of course, but a short step to that of the forked lightning.
Sumerian Hymns | Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh
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