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Meanings of fork lightning in English

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Usage of fork lightning in English
1
The thing must be done with the suddenness of fork lightning.
The Shellback's Progress / In the Nineteenth Century
2
For two hours we waited, and then in an instant the whole heavens were alight with chain and fork lightning.
The Call of the South / 1908
3
He had hunted in the mountains while forked lightning flashed around him.
Sergeant York And His People
4
Hang on them as the forked lightning plays above the foaming surf!
The Cannibal Islands: Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas
5
Franklin looked straight at the forked lightning and asked, 'What are you?'
Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
6
The forked lightnings were playing and the trees beginning to sway.
Lewis Rand
7
Meanwhile, the London sky is now full of forking lightning, so to speak.
The Guardian
8
Forked lightning and the distant rumble of thunder heralded its advance.
The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet
9
The jagged contortion of forked lightning has imprinted its mark on your face.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
10
As fast as forked lightning, the Dragon Kahg came into being.
Bones of the Dragon
11
During tea-time the saloon was usually illuminated by forked lightning.
Novel Notes
12
It played around him like forked lightning, and blinded him.
John Ingerfield, and Other Stories
13
Still was his manner mild, yet forked lightning seemed to flash from his eyes.
In the Court of King Arthur
14
The waves were running mountains high and the inky clouds were riven by forked lightning.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
15
No, not down my back; I feel it down my chest, just like forked lightning.
Spring Days
16
The forked lightning was incessant, accompanied by heavy thunder.
Roughing It in the Bush