The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.    From LearnThat.org.  [Mark Twain (1835-1910)]

When we come back, what we call our lightning round.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2009] Reference

As a child of seven or eight she began to experience what she describes as lightning-like sensations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism] Reference

The powerful electric discharges which we call lightning separate or split the watery vapors in the air into these elements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nature Cure] Reference

That her lightning is pointed, her jav'lin in hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [To the British Channel] Reference

The fiery-forked lightning is the glance of his eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Four Winds of Eirinn] Reference

The whole story worked out before him in lightning flashes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 37] Reference

We often say that lightning is caused by static electricity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beckwith on ID] Reference

Even lightning is taken seriously … lightning rods and all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Kabuki: In a Good Way] Reference

The lightning is first directed, and after it a voice roars, v. 4.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference

Being struck by lightning is more pleasurable than dying of cancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Death Blows] Reference

As she called the lightning flashed again, and showed her Vere and the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spirit in Prison] Reference

Zachriel: We often say that lightning is caused by static electricity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beckwith on ID] Reference

"I know," Richard whispered as he called the lightning to take him back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Temple of the Winds]

What if they call lightning to strike the compound-or the Great King's Palace!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joust]

So, they called the lightning inazuma meaning, 稲の夫, "FATHER OF THE RICE".    From Wordnik.com.  [JapanNewbie] Reference

Sometimes I don’t understand, but accept what the lightning tells me, for the lightning is me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt: Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier] Reference

But before he could do it enough, before he could kill you, I called the lightning, the Con Dar. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stone of Tears]

And her words were endorsed by a terrific burst of the tempest in lightning, thunder, wind and rain!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hidden Hand] Reference

I don't believe in lightning striking twice, but three or four years ago I went to see West Ham at Fulham.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can Lightning Strike Twice?] Reference

There are fiery meteors; lightning is fire, and there are other blazes sometimes kindled which may be so called.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference

Obama's first name is closer in sound to the Hebrew word for lightning than it is to the Arabic word for lightning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

President Wilson called the movie “history written in lightning” — so pretentious film criticism was under way, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Influential Filmmakers] Reference

As this was the only public exhibition ever held at Plumfield, a few exercises in lightning-arithmetic, spelling, and reading were given.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys] Reference

Therefore it may truly be called the lightning of the sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

The lightning was the angel of the Lord; but it has pleased.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02] Reference

The lightning is His messenger, and the thunder is His voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference

I thought she'd throw fire at them, or call lightning, but this.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dragon Reborn]

He thinks that the lightning is His spear, and the thunder His voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young Lion of the Woods A Story of Early Colonial Days] Reference

The lightning was a succession of fierce, white ribbons of blood-red flaming fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mark of the Beast] Reference

Typically, lightning occurs when falling ice or rain polarizes particles in clouds.    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference

But while the lightning was a spectacle, it caused fire and blackouts in the Wimmera.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wimmera Mail Times] Reference

The lightning is a by-product of powerful storms in which natural rain is already falling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weather as Weapon] Reference

"Dry lightning, which is lightning that strikes before ... (rain) ... can spark a wildfire,".    From Wordnik.com.  [Clovis News Journal : News] Reference

"I will now show you that I can call the lightning from the sky to do my bidding," went on Tom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference