Example Sentences

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Advertisements suggested that my phone shot its information upward, celestially, then bounced it back down to earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

That makeup could be soft and androgynous — think David Bowie, with his celestially iridescent, pink-lidded appearances as Ziggy Stardust — or it could be tough: Lou Reed in black lipstick and kohl.

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

What matters today is that the camerlengo bails out just before the chopper explodes and, wearing a parachute, floats celestially to the basilica roof, where he kneels in prayer and is proclaimed a hero-savior.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2020

But the proof for or against a lonely, crowded universe may be surprisingly close at hand, celestially speaking.

From Scientific American • Nov. 14, 2018

I had a vision of the celestially white kitchens of Ladies' Day stretching into infinity.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath