Şimşek, genelde gök gürültüsünün ardından meydana gelir.
- Lightning is usually followed by thunder.
Dün gece gök gürültüsü ve şimşek vardı.
- There was thunder and lightning last night.
Tom, yıldırım tarafından çarpıldı ve öldü.
- Tom was struck by lightning and died.
Ben yıldırım gibi koştum.
- I ran like lightning.
Bir kalp krizi çoğunlukla mavi gökyüzünden gelen bir şimşek gibi gelir.
- A heart attack often comes like lightning from a blue sky.
Nobs, though, was lightning by comparison with the slow thinking beast and dodged his opponent's thrust with ease. Then he raced to the rear of the tremendous thing and seized it by the tail.
I don't know, Father, but believe me, it has been a horrible night — one that I'll never forget. It thundered and lightninged, and I was very hungry.