Lightning flashed across dark sky.

Meaning: There was a sudden and powerful discharge of electricity in the atmosphere that shone suddenly and brightly across the sky.

Choice of Words: Lightning is a sudden and powerful discharge of electricity in the atmosphere. Flashed means to shine suddenly and brightly. Dark means without light. Sky is the region of the atmosphere above the earth. This sentence describes a sudden and powerful discharge of electricity in the atmosphere shining suddenly and brightly across the region of the atmosphere above the earth.

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• The lightning flashed across the dark sky.
• The lightning flashed brightly across the dark sky.
• Lightning flashed across the dark sky.
• Lightning flashed brightly across the dark sky.
• The lightning flashed brightly, illuminating the dark sky.
• Lightning flashed, illuminating the dark sky.
• Lightning flashed brightly, illuminating the dark sky.
• The lightning flashed, illuminating the dark sky like a brilliant sword.
• Lightning flashed brightly, illuminating the dark night.
• The lightning flashed across the sky.