forked lightning


noun
  1. 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.

  • It has also been held to symbolize light or the god of light, of the forked lightning, and of water.

    The Swastika | Thomas Wilson
  • I will dart my arrows of forked lightning among your towns, and send the warring tempests of winter to devour you.

  • The 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 Williamson
  • From the conception of the “dagger”, there is, of course, but a short step to that of the forked lightning.

    Sumerian Hymns | Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh