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Discover LudwigThe phrase "flashes of lightning" is a correct and common phrase in written English.
It is usually used to describe the sudden bright bursts of light that come with lightning during a storm. Example: As the storm raged on, flashes of lightning illuminated the dark sky, creating an eerie but captivating scene.
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When it emerges, flashes of lightening illuminate the hills and valleys — lighting up Horton Plains, the peak of Sri Pada and the never-ending tea plantations.
The rain hurtled down, and flashes of lightening illuminated the dreary village.
But anyone who had studied history or was not completely in the thrall of the market zeitgeist could see storm clouds and occasional flashes of lightening.
Light and sound factor into the sleep environment, so it's easy to see how loud claps of thunder and bright flashes of lightening can be bothersome.
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Indeed, the entire novel is like a flash of lightening that momentarily floods the forest.
Like a flash of lightening in the dark, it has suddenly shown him where he must go and what he must do in his last adventure in American elective politics".
Then, flashes of lightning.
At Morebattle it was raining so hard, and there were occasional flashes of thunder and lightening, and brief outbreaks of painful hail that, very reluctantly, I decided not to continue over Wideopen Hill, but instead to take the B-road on towards Yetholm.
But as any English teacher will tell you, even the grimmest Shakespeare tragedy has flashes of wit to lighten the darkness.
A flash of lightning.
But just as the novel's comedy was anchored by an underlying hint of melancholy, so the generally somber tone of "Referred Pain: And Other Stories" is lightened by flashes of dark humor.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
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