Sentence examples for the rapidity of lightning from inspiring English sources

The whole performance was so excellent, that it is difficult to select any part for peculiar approbation, but we certainly thought his dialogue with the man in the chest most astonishing; as he not only had to speak in his natural voice, but also to counterfeit the tones of the supposed prisoner, which varied, as the chest was opened or closed, almost with the rapidity of lightning.

His brain was as energetic as his arms and legs; he thought with the rapidity of lightning.

It's opposed to the rapidity of society — rapid growth, rapid foods, and rapid celebrities.

The rapidity of the current was frightful".

The rapidity of urbanization in some countries is quite astonishing.

And the rapidity of the death, which I was completely blown away by.

What struck us all was the rapidity of change after death: the stiffness, the immobility.

My friend's wife was stunned at the rapidity of events.

"The rapidity of drawings created on Inkboard is greater," Paul said.

"I want to talk about the rapidity of change in my own family," Katie Roiphe went on.

The rapidity of these advances has awed much of the international community.