Sentence examples for lightning against from inspiring English sources

This Game 7 comes exactly one month after both the Bruins (against Montreal) and the Lightning (against Pittsburgh) prevailed in first-round Game 7 victories.

The language continued to be used in a religious context until late antiquity; the final record of such use relates to the invasion of Rome by Alaric, chief of the Visigoths, in 410 ce, when Etruscan priests were summoned to conjure lightning against the barbarians.

Both are capable of devastating destruction, given the chance: Metz will use lightning against enemies, and alter the gravity around them, and Philippa's ability to change her form makes her quite the master assassin, as she can hide in tiny nooks, awaiting the perfect opportunity to puncture a lung.

The administration may be considering using commando units to make lightning raids against terrorist camps at night.

Deep-seated fears of encirclement by hostile powers, a purely Prussian obsession, he writes, found expression in the Schlieffen plan of World War I, which called for lightning offensives against France and then Russia.

War canoes allowed humans to make lightning raids against which their enemies had little defense.

They have evolved from civilian research into ways of protecting aircraft against lightning strikes.

The official explanation for the shutdown was as a "precaution" against lightning strikes.

Modano's sixth of the season completed a barrage of four goals on four shots against Lightning goaltender Kevin Weekes.

Many commented on the beauty of lightning strikes set against dark clouds of ash emanating from Calbuco.

The new system, Ms. Williams said, had been designed to protect against lightning strikes and power surges; it was still not clear what had caused those protections to fail.