In a sentence
Six example sentences with bolt, each labelled with its topic.
She held the shutter open for thirty seconds during the storm and caught a jagged bolt forking above the ridge.
Photography
The scene ends as a bolt whitens the whole farmhouse for an instant and the power dies.
Movies
A single bolt struck the dry hillside and started a fire that burned for nine days.
Environment
A single bolt heats the air along its path to five times the temperature of the sun's surface.
Science
Franklin's kite experiment aimed to draw a spark from a storm cloud without waiting for a bolt to reach the line.
History
The guide hurried us off the ridge when a bolt struck the far peak and thunder followed three seconds later.
Travel
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