shooting star

Example Sentences

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Maybe it was the girl, all alone in a shower of shooting stars, her cloak whipping in the wind.

From Literature

One man, who'd come for his 50th birthday and had always wanted to see shooting stars, sobbed as he saw them streak across the sky, she tells us.

From BBC

Technically, the stock has carved out a cup with handle formation with a pivot at $16.44, with the base beginning with a bearish shooting star on August 27.

From Barron's

Next up was the shooting stars competition, which returned to All-Star Weekend after a 10-year hiatus and featured four teams, each consisting of two current NBA players and one retired “legend.”

From Los Angeles Times

A lower high formed on Wednesday with a shooting star candlestick pattern, followed by a bearish daily close beneath trend support on Thursday, says the senior market analyst.

From The Wall Street Journal