guiding star
Example Sentences
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Our guiding star was to create a realistic portrait of this couple, and then add the sci-fi element as a tool to ask questions about the magical elements in life.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2022
In one scene, a character compares the guiding star in the Christmas story with the stars that guide slaves on the Underground Railroad.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2018
For three decades, Mary Ferrell has been a guiding star for those who have devoted a part of their lives to pursuing the truth about the Kennedy assassination.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2018
I want this ideal to hang like a guiding star above the classroom, reminding all involved of our collective responsibility to each other and the common good.
From Scientific American • Jan. 23, 2018
The farther Roz swam, the higher the guiding star climbed in the sky, until at last it was directly overhead.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
