heavens
Example Sentences
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On one occasion, when he played missed, he yelled to the heavens in frustration, then celebrated when he toe-ended to third man for four.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
They benefited from the internet without the government taking a stake in Google or, thank heavens, AOL.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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
“Thank heavens I never came near the guy,” Buffett said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
There is a standard phrase that is used over and over again in the literature: ‘Galileo turned his telescope to the heavens.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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