heavens
- plural of heaven.
Example Sentences
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Rendered in ultra-realistic Precisionist style, his steel-and-concrete grain elevator dwarfs its surroundings, while crisscrossing rays of intense sunlight link it to the heavens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
The work suggests Dante recognized meteors as real geological forces at a time when Aristotelian beliefs still portrayed the heavens as perfect and unchanging.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
“Thank heavens I never came near the guy,” Buffett said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
Robert’s not telling you, it’s not screaming to the heavens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
He stopped swimming, lay with his arms and legs outstretched, face to the heavens, and let himself be carried along for a while.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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