falling star
Example Sentences
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One of the saddest moments is fleeting, when Morse catches a falling star . . . violinist.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023
Every once in a while when you’re at the Hollywood Bowl during a summer evening, you might just see a falling star.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2022
A basketball falling star: Emoni Bates was a basketball prodigy by sixth grade, a Sports Illustrated cover at 15.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
Sometimes an agency doesn’t decline from the zenith like a falling star, but its reputation slouches, bit by bit, toward mediocrity.
From Slate • May 6, 2020
They called it a falling star, but it is not a good name: the old stars are still there after the falling star falls.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
