How to Use red star in a Sentence

red star

noun
  • The moon shines above and to the right of the red star Antares.
    — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, 9 June 2019
  • One day this boy wants to be a red star inside those red walls.
    — Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Some astronomers suspect the end may be near for this beloved red star.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Outside, after the mass, all the weeds in town were topped with red stars.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024
  • On the cover, the inevitable swastika is flanked by two red stars.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018
  • In the first picture above, see how the small galaxy has no red star-birth regions in it?
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2011
  • There will be a bright red star seen in the night sky, not to be confused with the red planet, Mars.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Feb. 2021
  • The spatula has bright yellow ears of corn interspersed with tiny red stars.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 July 2024
  • And just above the southern horizon lurks the heart of the scorpion, a red star named Antares.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 23 June 2020
  • Inside the box are crunchy red stars that offer a nod to the city’s flag, and on the box is a map of the city’s neighborhoods.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Its red star, displayed on the front of the house, is reserved for homes built in the 18th century.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
  • His head is crowned by dark curls, his face adorned with a red star, a symbol of his Workers’ Party.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • So far, the guiding lights to find the comet have been the bright planet Venus and the bright red star Arcturus.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
  • There are plenty of healthy yellow and red stars hosting planets, not so unlike our solar system.
    — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2020
  • On the left side of the helmet, there’s the Winter Soldier’s metal arm, with his red star changed to green.
    — Dallas News, 13 May 2022
  • This bright red star is the most brilliant member of Scorpius the Scorpion.
    — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, 7 July 2019
  • So two blue stars close together might be resolvable in a telescope, while two red stars at the same separation won’t be.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2024
  • See the location of the Hollywood Sign marked by the red star in the image below.
    — Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The moon passes near the bright red star Aldebaran on Sunday morning before sunrise.
    — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, 23 June 2019
  • This shift in brightness could signal changes for the red star, and some scientists believe a supernova could be on the horizon.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Leave aside the double standard here — how many hipsters are there with the hammer and sickle or Mao’s red star on their T-shirts?
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The gigantic red star Betelgeuse may have a dark secret in its past, according to scientists.
    — Fox News, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Wearing white unitards adorned with blue and red stars or a stripe down the side of the leg, the young dancers bounced on their feet before tilting forward and back to the propulsive beat.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • The larger but cooler red star feeds material to the smaller, hotter white dwarf and this transfer of energy builds up.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024
  • Instead, Lohan put her right hand in the shot, showing off a bubble bath pink natural nail polish as well as a small red star tattoo.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The flag of North Korea features a red star within a white circle set against a wide red stripe, bordered by thinner white and blue stripes.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • With the bold brown, white, burnt orange and red star pattern wrapping her body, her accessories were reduced to two silver rings on her pointer fingers.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • First, locate the red star Betelgeuse using a smartphone astronomy app.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Astronomers have long known that Betelgeuse is a supergiant red star at the end of this sequence and that a supernova is likely.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
  • Notably, the bright red star sticking out of the topmost pillar's southeastern edge, are larger than the size of our entire solar system.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2022

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