How to Use sky in a Sentence

sky

1 of 2 noun
  • The sun was high in the sky.
  • There wasn't a cloud in the sky.
  • Dark clouds moved quickly across the sky.
  • Hailstones suddenly fell out of the sky.
  • The forecast is for sunny skies tomorrow.
  • The vibes, sky high last night.
    — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • So open to the skies, and filthy.
    — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Will the blue skies and calm seas hold?
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The last batch of bales fell from the sky.
    — Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Book the sky pool suites on the sixth floor.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
  • As the evening cools, the skies will be clear.
    — Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As the evening cools, the skies will be clear.
    — Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Find a dark spot with an open view of the sky.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • No one thinks about or cares about the night sky.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
  • As the evening goes on, the skies will be clear.
    — Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As the evening goes on, the skies will be clear.
    — Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s what to watch for in the night sky this month.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Not a star in the chilling sky.
    — David Baker, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Is that the dazzling night sky?
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
  • See how his head brushes the sky.
    — Roey Leonardi, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The road cuts straight toward the sky.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025

sky

2 of 2 verb
  • At night, skies mostly clear with a low around 46.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • At night, skies partly cloudy with a low around 47.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • At night, skies partly cloudy with a low around 52.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • With rental prices sky high, car sharing companies get a boost.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2021
  • Bright skies this morning give way to more clouds by the afternoon hours.
    — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • But be warned, chip shortages have already seen scalpers send console prices sky high.
    — Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2021
  • After the fog lifts this morning, skies across the area will stay cloudy to mostly cloudy.
    — Steven Sosna, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Check him out in the first highlight of this next video, skying for a one-handed putback dunk.
    — Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2017
  • That could send already sky high heating bills up even more, due mainly to spiking fuel prices.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Moving east, much of the eastern half of the country is cooking under rather still skies.
    — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • Voisin said, even though the idea of flying over a 50-foot gap is enough to send most people’s heart rates sky high.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Sky high hepatitis C drug costs have led states to restrict coverage of drugs to treat it.
    — Jayne O'Donnell and Terry Demio, USA TODAY, 11 May 2017
  • His identity used to be one of a run and dunk man; someone who would use their supreme athleticism to sky above the rim and throw one down.
    — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Kalu used his athletic ability to sky over players for rebounds and hustled for loose balls.
    — Kyle J. Andrews, baltimoresun.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • On two occasions Sterling got in free behind the back line only to sky his efforts over the bar.
    — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Clear skies permitting, bundle up and head to your nearest dark sky park to spot the comets, and bring along a pair of binoculars.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And with stress levels sky high, many people lost their main go-to coping skills as gyms were closed and coffee with friends was no longer an option.
    — NBC News, 23 Sep. 2020
  • As wind speeds come down and skies clear out overnight, everything now seems to be in place for temperatures to tumble in the overnight hours.
    — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Justin Gaethje’s fighting career came full circle under a pair of night skies nearly two decades apart.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 July 2026
  • The diminutive guard is a terrific athlete who can sky around the rim as well as burst his way by opposing defenders.
    — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But economies have rebounded rapidly and demand has soared, sending prices sky rocketing.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Clear skies with low humidity and calm weather will make faint meteors easier to see.
    — Amanda Castro hannah Parry anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • When Sims is right, his threat as a roll man and ability to sky for rebounds is a tremendous asset for a Texas team light on bigs.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • The big gains in the stocks of electric vehicle makers have pushed their market values sky high, alarming some analysts.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 6 July 2020
  • Storms may fade Friday morning, then redevelop later in the afternoon if skies clear and the air heats back up.
    — Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
  • Like the effect that resellers/scalpers can have on the price of concert tickets, gobbling them all up and then driving the prices sky high, whiskey has the same problem.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • But with meat shortages raising prices sky high, running a sandwich shop during the coronavirus crisis just didn’t pencil out.
    — oregonlive, 3 June 2020
  • In the brown-and-white shingled main house there’s a series of suites, each with a living room, bedroom, working fireplace, and sky high cathedral windows.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Runners advanced to second and third base before Mize induced a weak grounder from Davis and got Semien to sky out to left field.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The newsroom was an expansive space, with tiny horizontal windows near the ceiling; only the tallest could see anything but sky through them.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2020

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