electrical storm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of electrical storm
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
Example Sentences
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There wasn’t enough food to go around, and the whole unsheltered crowd nearly fried in an electrical storm.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024
The San Francisco 49ers opened the NFL postseason Saturday with a doomlike explosiveness: They were a crackling electrical storm of a team that offered no respite.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023
The fire in Zamora was started by a strike from an electrical storm on Wednesday, authorities said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2022
They looked like the long, horizontally traveling flashes of spider lightning in the night sky during a summertime electrical storm on the prairie.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2022
The tension in the mess hall was like an electrical storm brewing, which was totally possible, considering Percy’s and Jason’s powers.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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