How to Use lightning strike in a Sentence

lightning strike

noun

• But peak Callas hits the senses like a lightning strike.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
• If in a group, spreading out to increase the chances that survivors can come to the aid of any lightning strike victims.
  — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
• Democrats are hoping Shapiro, 51, can make lightning strike again.
  — Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
• Not even a 2011 lightning strike and fire could shutter the Wanamaker Feed & Seed.
  — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Mar. 2023
• In one last piece of trauma for Meredith, the house caught fire after a lightning strike in the fall finale (no one was hurt).
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
• Right now, the folks closest to the lightning strike are the people running businesses.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
• The full burst lasted 20 microseconds after the paths formed a lightning strike.
  — Julian Dossett, Space.com, 23 May 2025
• Something electric is lighting you up, so let the lightning strike!
  — Tarot.com, Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2024
• In fact, the switch would still be in place, happily doing its thing, if not for a lightning strike near my home a couple of months back.
  — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
• But no one has pinpointed the proverbial lightning strike that sparked it into life.
  — Simeon Tegel, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• On June 5, a storm chaser captured video of a massive lightning strike in the Catalinas that soon would wind the lockdown more tightly.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
• The fire, which was extinguished in less than an hour, is believed to have been caused by a lightning strike, said Jason Evans, a spokesman for the department.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
• On May 19, a lightning strike hit a police cruiser in the department’s parking lot.
  — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
• The second phase, E2, produces current similar to that of a lightning strike.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 25 May 2024
• Anyone who watches the moon glide over the sun on April 8 will be witnessing the planetary version of a lightning strike.
  — Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024
• The fires, which started from a lightning strike, is currently 19% contained.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
• However, there's no evidence the church was hosting a Pride event prior to the lightning strike.
  — Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
• This was followed by a video of what appeared to be a large fire near Velma, Oklahoma, which the account said had been caused by a lightning strike.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
• In addition to the lightning strike, Caviezel was also toppled by a cross weighing over 150 pounds while filming.
  — Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 6 July 2023
• For pastor Min-chan, a lightning strike illuminating a cross in a rock face is God telling him to punish Yang-rae.
  — Kayti Burt, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
• The race started Saturday but was suspended after 25 laps because of a lightning strike in the area.
  — Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2023
• Deaths are more likely to occur during lightning strike in the summertime in the afternoon or evening.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
• Deaths are more likely to occur during lightning strike in the summertime in the afternoon or evening.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2023
• But can lightning strike twice in a season?
  — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• With every lightning strike within eight miles, a 30-minute timer reset.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
• An observer on the train, moving toward one lightning strike and away from the other, will assign different times to the strikes.
  — Adrian Bardon, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025
• While the rescue teams were on the mountain responding to the lightning strike, a second distress call came in about a pair of teenagers also on the peak.
  — Owen Clarke, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025