How to Use the cosmos in a Sentence

the cosmos

noun
  • As the pulsar spins, these beams sweep across the cosmos like the beams of light from a lighthouse.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • This is where momentum returns as the cosmos dares you to take a leap of faith.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Did the cosmos save the best retrograde season for last?
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Perhaps some curiosities of the cosmos are best left alone.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • That mix of the cosmos and 1950s B-movies has such fun tropes to it.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Our world, our universe and the cosmos are rational.
    — Roger Van Zanen, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Not everything in the cosmos can hide from us forever.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
  • By the new moon in your sign, you’re presented with a clean slate, compliments of the cosmos, so make a wish.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Then came the color — vibrant ribbons of red slowly painting the cosmos across my screen.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 15 May 2026
  • Dark matter is an enigmatic substance that shapes the cosmos and provides it with structure.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Fall can be especially cozy, but don’t get too comfortable ‘cause the cosmos has other plans!
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Regardless of what happens, the cosmos are setting the stage for warmth and tenderness.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Then there's the sun, whose light saturates the atmosphere from dawn until dusk, shielding the cosmos from our sight.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • That means stargazing is exceptional here, and fall is an especially great time to watch the cosmos.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The map could help solve the mystery of dark energy, the enigmatic stuff that dominates the cosmos.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
  • This month, the cosmos dares you to do things differently, so trust your instincts and embrace the momentum.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
  • By aligning Henry’s rom-coms with each zodiac sign, the cosmos can help to assess the matter.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Despite the fact that scientists believe the cosmos is packed with these middle-of-the-road black holes, they are rarely detected.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Larson voices Rosalina, a princess tasked with watching the cosmos.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
  • With a lifelong love of the night sky, Tantse knows the cosmos and has put star projectors, telescopes and more through their paces at Space.
    — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Its value can be measured by using light from the early universe, which provides a view of how the cosmos was growing in its earliest days.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 June 2026
  • But the timing couldn’t be better, as January skies are crisp and the nights are long, allowing the cosmos to shine at its brightest.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • One icon of America had settled the global skies, and on its shoulders sat another, set to conquer the cosmos.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • That means black holes in this mass range should be fairly ubiquitous in the cosmos, yet astronomers have had a really tough time discovering them.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But some corners of the cosmos are more dominated by the invisible substance than others.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But if all goes according to plan, the next of those blinks, 2026, may mean very big things for the human species’ quest to explore and study the cosmos.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
  • According to Kalas, the multi-decade mystery also serves as a case study in the difficulties that come with searching the cosmos.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Even though the details vary, this story applies to practically all intermediate mass stars that are born all throughout the cosmos.
    — Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The ancient blast occurred when the cosmos was just 5 percent of its current age, and the supernova’s light has been traveling through space ever since.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2025
  • They are born in clouds of gas and dust, live brilliant lives, and die in spectacular fashion, leaving behind remnants that continue to influence the cosmos.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2025

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