How to Use the Milky Way in a Sentence

the Milky Way

noun
  • Why is it called the Milky Way?
    — Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Why is it called the Milky Way?
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Why is it called the Milky Way?
    — Eric Lagatta, wickedlocal.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Why is it called the Milky Way?
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Can’t see the Milky Way and its dark bands?
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Here's how to see the Milky Way this spring.
    — Eric Lagatta, wickedlocal.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • No chance of seeing the Milky Way?
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 26 June 2026
  • More stars followed, then came the Milky Way.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Hot wind is coming out of the Milky Way’s black hole.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Hot wind is coming out of the Milky Way’s black hole.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Soon, the outline of the Milky Way could be seen by the naked eye.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
  • What time of night is the Milky Way visible?
    — Eric Lagatta, wickedlocal.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • What time of night is the Milky Way visible?
    — Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This would have the effect of stretching the Milky Way.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
  • That means other night-sky sights, such as the Milky Way core, will join the eclipse.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the Milky Way band, the thickest part of our home galaxy.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Flecks of sweet meat spiral through the broth like murky images of the Milky Way.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • There are more human cells in your body than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy!
    — Regina G. Barber, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The real star of the footage is the Milky Way glowing behind it.
    — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Is the Milky Way visible in March?
    — Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • As well as capturing a stunning shot of the Milky Way.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This is also the last months to see the Milky Way core in the northern hemisphere.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
  • No special equipment is needed to see the Milky Way, just your eyes and a clear, dark sky.
    — Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The formation of the Milky Way galaxy.
    — Elena Megalos, Longreads, 31 Mar. 2026
  • These are also perfect months to see the luminous core of the Milky Way.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, the Milky Way is visible in all but the winter season.
    — Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Women whirl in a slow circle as the music drifts up toward the Milky Way.
    — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
  • Hidden in its raw data were signals from Earth and the Milky Way.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
  • With all the other stars and the Milky Way proceeding in their motions.
    — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • These urban residents were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026

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