Sentence examples for flashes by from inspiring English sources

"flashes by" is a perfectly acceptable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that happened very quickly- almost too quickly for you to take in. For example, "The days seemed to flash by as I enjoyed my summer vacation."

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His face flashes by and is gone.

One, two, three… A photograph of his face flashes by.

A cycle courier flashes by, crackling at the chest.

"There goes Ronaldo," someone says as he flashes by.

A discussion of decarbonising the world's transport networks flashes by in a handful of pages.

LOS ANGELES — His nasty scarred cheek flashes by in an instant.

Every now and again, a church flashes by, whitewashed or with a plain mud façade.

Through a grove of willow the brilliant stream flashes by, icy cold.

An image of a love triangle flashes by with subliminal fleetness.

When another season ends, Micheal Ray Richardson flashes by, out of control.

"Everything you went through just flashes by you," Mr. Guarnere said.

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