How to Use Deneb in a Sentence

Deneb

noun
  • To its lower left will be the supergiant star Deneb.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 May 2026
  • Observers will be able to spot it a third of the way between bright stars Altair and Deneb.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Deneb is the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus the Swan.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • Deneb sits below, and Altair appears lower.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 June 2026
  • Chef Deneb Williams begins the entire process with vegetables.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • To the left of Vega, also very high in the sky, is Deneb, the 19th brightest star in the night sky.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • A little to the lower left of Vega is Deneb, the brightest star of Cygnus the Swan.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
  • Deneb’s the tail of the Swan, Albireo’s the head, and the crosspiece becomes the major section of its wingspan.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Deneb is the brightest star of Cygnus the Swan, which is making its annual swan dive toward the western horizon.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
  • To make it into a swan, make Deneb the tail of the Swan and the star Albireo at the foot of the cross the head of the big heavenly bird.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • Below, sits Altair, while Deneb glows to the left, representing the tail of the great swan in the constellation Cygnus.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 11 May 2026
  • Vega, Deneb and Altair make a right triangle with the right angle at Deneb, this is called the Summer Triangle.
    — Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Vega, in the constellation Lyra the Harp, Altair in Aquila the Eagle, and Deneb in Cygnus.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Chefs Lee Hinton and Deneb Williams, of Allora in East Sacramento, are leading the charge.
    — Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Three stars — Deneb, Vega and Altair — will form a triangle, known as the Summer Triangle asterism.
    — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2026
  • Three stars — Deneb, Vega and Altair — will form a triangle, known as the Summer Triangle asterism.
    — Hali Smith june 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
  • Vega in Lyra the Lyre or Harp; Altair in Aquila the Eagle; and Deneb, the brightest star in Cygnus the Swan.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 5 July 2026
  • Positioned across the Milky Way, its most obvious star is Deneb — one of the anchor stars of the Summer Triangle — which marks either the body of the swan or the top of the cross.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 June 2026
  • The Summer Triangle—formed by the bright stars Vega, Altair, and Deneb—is a prominent asterism that lies along the Milky Way's path.
    — Harry Bennett, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In addition to the main dining room, owner Deneb Williams blew out the front patio area by an additional 1,500 square feet for a total of 7,700 square feet.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • At Allora, the fine-dining Italian restaurant in East Sacramento, chef Deneb Williams begins his entire process with vegetables.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Deneb, which forms the tail of the swan represented by the constellation Cygnus, appears to be embedded directly in the hazy profile of the Milky Way, completing the triangle formation.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Aiona is the new project from husband-wife team Deneb Williams and Elizabeth-Rose Mandalou, who also own and operate Allora in East Sacramento.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Altair can be found shining a little over 30 degrees above the silver glow of the lunar disk, with Vega and Deneb to its upper left, marking the brightest points in the constellations of Lyra and Cygnus, respectively.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • Aquila Aquila — Latin for eagle — is anchored by Altair, a bright star that sits lower in the southern sky than Vega and Deneb, the other two stars in the famous Summer Triangle asterism now rising in the east after dark.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • The bright star Deneb — which represents the tail of the great swan in the constellation Cygnus — is seen embedded in the ribbon of the Milky Way, with Vega, a past and future North Star, shining directly below, close to the horizon.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Just to the right of Deneb is a medium-bright star called Sadr (or Gamma Cygni) that is the center of the cross-shape that defines the bird, with one wing ending upwards at the star Delta Cygni and the other below at Epsilon Cygni (called Aljanah).
    — Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The North American Nebula shines to the lower left of Deneb, named for its resemblance to the North American continent, while the 120-light-year-wide supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop glows closer to the horizon.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 11 May 2026

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