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Discover LudwigThe phrase "like a bolt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the speed at which something is moving or happening. For example, "She grabbed the umbrella and ran out the door, like a bolt."
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I felt that like a bolt, I can tell you.
"It's kind of like a bolt from the blue".
Then it came, like a bolt of light.
It was like a bolt from outer space.
It hit me like a bolt of lightning.
"It was like a bolt of lightning hit the group at the same time.
These pages came to me like a bolt from the blue".
Backstory American Ballet Theatre arrived like a bolt from the blue in 1940.
The other day, it hit me like a bolt from the blue.
Spontaneously slim books like these come like a bolt out of the blue.
Change Comes to Town Diversity came to Clarkston like a bolt from the blue.
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