streaking

Example Sentences

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ET on Wednesday, leaving plumes streaking across the sky as its boosters and engines fired away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Palestinians in east Jerusalem regularly film rockets streaking through the sky from their rooftops.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Dotting or streaking the batter with apple butter introduces a punch of deep, spiced fruit flavor.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

Dozens of people in the west Highlands reported an orange glow and a "bang", and the meteor was captured streaking across the sky on doorbell security cameras.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

But after ten minutes of sparking, we see a strange brown pigment slowly streaking the sides of the vessel.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan