- plural of heaven.
heavens
Example Sentences
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Rendered in ultra-realistic Precisionist style, his steel-and-concrete grain elevator dwarfs its surroundings, while crisscrossing rays of intense sunlight link it to the heavens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
We're supposed to be filming an interview in the park, but the heavens have burst.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The work suggests Dante recognized meteors as real geological forces at a time when Aristotelian beliefs still portrayed the heavens as perfect and unchanging.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Jaquez put the bow on it when she hit a late three-pointer that made it 79-45, her shot followed by a smile and a scream to the heavens.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
Nathan no longer said perhaps; only a faint spark of hope, obstinately refusing to die, brought him out each dawn to scour the heavens for a sign.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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