strange star
noun
a quark star composed of strange matter.
strange stars
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pluralof strange star.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The last hint of dusk slowly vanishes from the horizon, and in the sun’s absence, the strange stars are coaxed to shine.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
The ship stood upright under strange stars upon a stranger world, and all about it outside there were the resting forms of thousands upon thousands of creatures like cattle.
From Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster
Once when the wind was soft and scented I heard the south calling, and sailed endlessly and languorously under strange stars.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
Then a second storm blowing from the east had flung them seaward, and for weeks they were out of sight of land, steering by strange stars.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
A white moon, a wide heaven filled with strange stars, and the tall moon-flowers at the gate lifting up their mute white trumpets to the night wind.
From A Woman's Part in a Revolution by Natalie Harris Hammond
