How to Use Betelgeuse in a Sentence

Betelgeuse

noun
  • Rigel marks Orion’s knee, and Betelgeuse marks his armpit.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 2024-01-07
  • Just to the right will be bright Betelgeuse and Orion's Belt.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2024-10-21
  • Normally, Betelgeuse is one of the ten brightest stars in the night sky.
    — Star Tribune, 2021-06-17
  • But does the current bout of brightening presage Betelgeuse blowing its top?
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2023-05-15
  • There are a lot of practical effects in the movie, one of them being the Betelgeuse baby.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 2024-09-11
  • How to find Betelgeuse: First, identify the trio of stars that make up Orion’s belt.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 2024-09-27
  • Orion’s two brightest stars are Rigel, marking the hunter's left foot, and Betelgeuse on his right shoulder.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 2024-02-11
  • The red giant Betelgeuse, one of Orion’s brightest stars, shines above us, reigning in the sky at this time of year.
    — Yulia Denisyuk, Outside Online, 2024-05-23
  • At the last possible second, Lydia wakes up from the dream to find Betelgeuse sleeping right next to her.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 2024-09-06
  • Stars like Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion glow red.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 2023-09-21
  • Look down from Aldebaran and close to the horizon is Betelgeuse, the bright reddish shoulder of Orion.
    — Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Over a dozen stars make up this constellation, but there are two particularly bright spots named Betelgeuse and Rigel.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2024-02-01
  • More pictures showed the teenager getting her makeup done, as well as smiling in front of the movie experience entrance, and beaming for the camera while her dad panned down to a Betelgeuse sign in a final clip.
    — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 2024-09-08
  • The findings last year showed that an outer layer of the star, called the photosphere, had begun unevenly accelerating outward right before Betelgeuse began to dim.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Wired, 2021-06-18
  • Lydia’s presence reignites the interest of afterlife spirit Betelgeuse (Keaton) and plunges the family into a comedic, bizarre adventure between life and death.
    — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2024-09-06
  • Astrid stumbles upon an old model of Winter River in the attic and the portal to the afterlife is accidentally opened, releasing Betelgeuse.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 2024-09-04
  • The trio will create a pyramid near the Taurus constellation, with orange-tinged Betelgeuse — the second brightest star in Orion, and ninth-brightest in the night sky — hovering below.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2024-08-01
  • On the left of Venus and Jupiter will be Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini, while to the lower-right of the planets will be Betelgeuse in the Orion constellation.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025

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