heavenly body
Example Sentences
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Musk had preached of populating Mars, but now his focus has turned to a closer heavenly body, our moon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
One would think Tonatiuh’s mother knew he was destined to become a star when naming him after the brightest heavenly body.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
As the planets and the sun orbit listeners’ and viewers’ “head,” each heavenly body emerges with a distinct pitch and instrument that corresponds with their motions—for example, Jupiter features a rumbling bass trombone.
From Scientific American • Jan. 5, 2023
Aldrin, seated next to Neil Armstrong, became the first person to celebrate a religious sacrament on a heavenly body outside Earth.
From Fox News • Jul. 18, 2019
Orthodox teaching was that the moon, being a heavenly body, was a perfectly smooth, round sphere.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
