The lightning flashed across the sky like a jagged scar.

Meaning: This sentence is describing the lightning as shining suddenly and brightly across the sky, leaving a rough or uneven mark.

Choice of Words: Flashed means to shine suddenly and brightly, lightning is a sudden and bright discharge of electricity in the atmosphere, and jagged means having a rough or uneven edge.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Lightning flashed across the sky like a jagged scar.
• Lightning split the sky like a jagged scar.
• Thunder roared, lightning's jagged scar on sky.
• Lightning flashed across the sky like a jagged sword.
• Lightning flashed across the sky like a bright sword.
• Lightning flashed like a bright sword across the sky.
• Lightning flashed across sky like angry snake.
• Lightning flashed like a brilliant sword across the sky.
• The lightning flashed across the sky.
• Lightning flashed, a brilliant streak across the sky.