Explore Lightnings through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lightnings meaning
plural of lightning
Using Lightnings
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of lightning
- In the example corpus, lightnings often appears in combinations such as: lightnings were, the lightnings, lightnings and.
Context around Lightnings
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lightnings
- In this selection, "lightnings" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, definitive, deaths, summons, established, met and served stand out and add context to how "lightnings" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 10 000 lightnings were manufactured and 72 other lightnings were eventually. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lightnings" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lightnings
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Fillet kits were sent out to every squadron flying Lightnings. (10 words)
Standard Lightnings were used as crew and cargo transports in the South Pacific. (13 words)
Dimensione cielo 1973, p. 72. Other Lightnings were eventually acquired by Italy for postwar service. (15 words)
More Lightnings were lost due to severe weather and other conditions than enemy action; there were cases where Lightning pilots, mesmerized by flying for hours over gray seas under gray skies, simply flew into the water. (36 words)
In the P-38J model, the streamlined engine nacelles of previous Lightnings were changed to fit the intercooler radiator between the oil coolers, forming a "chin" that visually distinguished the J model from its predecessors. (35 words)
Operational history Cocooned Lockheed P-38 Lightnings and North American Aviation P-51 Mustangs line the decks of a U.S. Navy Escort "Jeep" Carrier (CVE) ready for shipment to Europe from New York. (34 words)
Example sentences (17)
This production block and the following P-38L model are considered the definitive Lightnings, and Lockheed ramped up production, working with subcontractors across the country to produce hundreds of Lightnings each month.
Besides human deaths, lightnings also cause colossal damage to livestock, with Jumla district leading in sheep and cattle killed by lightning every year.
Book of Lightnings, the first of a trilogy, emerged from the author’s passion for mythology, philosophy and the history of religions.
As he smashes the giants’ head with his foot, Þór summons lightnings through his dwarves-made hammer, the skies above opening up in a flash of lights.
Dimensione cielo 1973, p. 72. Other Lightnings were eventually acquired by Italy for postwar service.
Fillet kits were sent out to every squadron flying Lightnings.
German fighter pilots not wishing to fight would perform the first half of a Split S and continue into steep dives because they knew the Lightnings would be reluctant to follow.
In the P-38J model, the streamlined engine nacelles of previous Lightnings were changed to fit the intercooler radiator between the oil coolers, forming a "chin" that visually distinguished the J model from its predecessors.
Lockheed P-38 Lightnings in formation By mid-1944, Allied fighters had gained air superiority throughout the theater, which would not be contested again during the war.
More Lightnings were lost due to severe weather and other conditions than enemy action; there were cases where Lightning pilots, mesmerized by flying for hours over gray seas under gray skies, simply flew into the water.
Most of these early reconnaissance Lightnings were retained stateside for training, but the F-4 was the first Lightning to be used in action in April 1942.
Operational history Cocooned Lockheed P-38 Lightnings and North American Aviation P-51 Mustangs line the decks of a U.S. Navy Escort "Jeep" Carrier (CVE) ready for shipment to Europe from New York.
Production Over 10,000 Lightnings were manufactured, becoming the only U.S. combat aircraft that remained in continuous production throughout the duration of American participation in World War II.
Standard Lightnings were used as crew and cargo transports in the South Pacific.
The Lightnings established local air superiority with their first combat action on 27 December 1942.
The Lightnings met Yamamoto's two Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" fast bomber transports and six escorting Zeros just as they arrived at the island.
The Lightnings served in 4 Stormo and other units including 3 Stormo, flying reconnaissance over the Balkans, ground attack, naval cooperation and air superiority missions.
Common combinations with lightnings
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lightnings were 7×
- the lightnings 4×
- lightnings and 2×
- of lightnings 2×
- p- lightnings 2×