How to Use Perseid in a Sentence

Perseid

noun
  • Will the Perseid meteor shower be a wash out?
    — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
  • How did the Perseid meteor shower get its name?
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Where did the Perseid meteor shower get its name?
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • When does the Perseid meteor shower peak?
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
  • When does the Perseid meteor shower peak?
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The Perseid meteor shower can be seen anywhere with a clear sky and not a lot of light pollution.
    — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
  • When is the Perseid meteor shower?
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • What is the Perseid meteor shower?
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • What is the Perseid meteor shower?
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The Perseid meteor shower was expected to peak that night, one of the best times of the year to see shooting stars.
    — Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The planetary views come just as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • As a bonus, the Perseid meteor shower peaks the same night, making staying overnight in a rural setting a good idea.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Looking to capture an image of a Perseid meteor for yourself?
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This is due to the fact that the Perseid shower is occurring shortly after August’s full moon.
    — Gina Park, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Later that night, the annual Perseid meteor shower will peak.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Tennesseans should look skyward over the next couple of nights and mornings to catch a glimpse of the fireballs in the Perseid meteor shower.
    — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
  • During the Perseid meteor shower, hundreds of bright, fast-moving meteors zip across the night sky.
    — Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • But for all this delicious ambiance, Aaron Bludorn’s menu is still the most impressive part of Perseid.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At sunset, the curtained floor-to-ceiling windows at Perseid cast a golden glow on the stately dining room’s butter yellow walls.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • On the night of the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, there will be an 84%-lit waning gibbous moon, the leftovers of the weekend’s full moon.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The Perseid meteors appear to radiate from this constellation, which is why the shower is named after him.
    — Amanda Castro hannah Parry anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Perseid meteor shower is active every year from mid-July to late August.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Perseid meteor shower reached its peak, and stunning photos captured moments of the meteor shower around the world.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Today's talkers The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
  • As the annual Perseid meteor shower approaches its dazzling peak, skywatchers might have to work a little harder to spot the show this year.
    — Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Perseid meteor shower is caused by the Earth travelling through the debris left by comet Swift-Tuttle.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Later that evening, the Perseid meteor shower peaks, although with a 90%-lit waning gibbous moon that drowns out many of the fainter meteors.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The large, bright meteors, usually referred to as fireballs, won't be as spectacular this year due to how close the Perseid peak is to the August full moon.
    — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most anticipated celestial events each year, lighting up summer skies with a rain-or-shine flurry of shooting stars.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • At the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, visitors can see up to 100 shooting stars per hour on the night of August 13.
    — Amanda Castro hannah Parry anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025

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