falling star

Example Sentences

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One of the saddest moments is fleeting, when Morse catches a falling star . . . violinist.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023

Every once in a while when you’re at the Hollywood Bowl during a summer evening, you might just see a falling star.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2022

Sometimes an agency doesn’t decline from the zenith like a falling star, but its reputation slouches, bit by bit, toward mediocrity.

From Slate • May 6, 2020

He’d had a passion for meteorites since the night he sat in the back seat of his parent’s car suffering from strep throat and caught sight of a falling star.

From The Verge • Jun. 25, 2018

She tarries a moment longer, then peels off, and speeding like a falling star, shoots off into a cloud and is gone.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George