heavenly
Example Sentences
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The pre-Revolutionary era aligned with advances in knowledge of the heavenly bodies, sparked by telescopes and a firmament not-yet-obstructed by skyscrapers and pollution.
Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.
She’s support-staffed enough of other people’s stories these last few years; somebody please give this world-class actor her own heavenly leading role.
From Los Angeles Times
So each day we face the heavenly orb in the sky and pray, asking Ra to continue giving us the gift of life on earth.
From Literature
An infant who did not receive many funerary flowers is thus portrayed beneath a dramatic assembly of angels and other heavenly guardians.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.