How to Use the heavens in a Sentence

the heavens

plural noun
  • His words seemed to pierce the heavens.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
  • This is no longer just a map of the heavens.
    — Stephen Watson, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But you’d be hard put to find two men the heavens are less likely to cow.
    — The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Sometimes the heavens, in the form of teammates, save us.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 June 2026
  • There were highs and lows, moments of power and airy runs that float to the heavens.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • But what is happening in the heavens?
    — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Anyone can submit a wish to send into the heavens each year.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 31 Dec. 2025
  • But in order to do so, Michell needed to weigh the stars in the heavens.
    — Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The first is a story about the dream of a city that sets out to erect a single building as high as the heavens.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 May 2026
  • The first is a story about the dream of a city that sets out to erect a single building as high as the heavens.
    — Nathan Schneider, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
  • The peach is delicious, but the tomato chutney is a gift from the heavens.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
  • How could such finespun lacework stand up at all, let alone stretch hundreds of feet toward the heavens?
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The fierce youngster also wore adorable bantu knots, swooped baby hairs to the heavens, and black shades.
    — Essence, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Nat Oluwole threw his head back, gesturing to the heavens.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Jarrett dropped to his knees, extending both arms toward the heavens.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • This careless exploitation of the heavens above is a real danger to us all.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2026
  • While my spirit was drawn towards the heavens, yet my aunt’s admonitions weighed me down.
    — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • Hera, supposedly queen of the heavens, spent much of her time jealous and vengeful.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The purity of it, delivered straight from the heavens.
    — Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Virginia Nishita took a deep breath, tried wiping her eyes dry and looked up, toward the heavens.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • In this long-exposure image, the lines of light in the night sky are caused by both stars and satellites moving across the heavens.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Nothing worth transmitting to the heavens.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Overhead, twin glints of silver were traveling nearly wing-to-wing and scratching a vapor trail across the heavens.
    — Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Defensive tackle Malcolm Roach raised his fists to the heavens.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
  • That said, there are some out there who believe this castle could spiral upward to the heavens to a $70M take.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In any case, the new imagery offers yet another stunning view of our world, which is active not just on the surface but in the heavens above.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
  • Through the course of the night, summer, autumn, and even winter constellations will dance across the heavens along with bright planets.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • There was a time in automotive history when compact luxury sedans rained from the heavens, and things were good.
    — Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Not the kind of dust that accumulates in the corners of rooms, but tiny golden particles that flow from the heavens towards earth.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Each year it will be watched by vast and appreciative audiences as it has been watched since man first turned intelligent eyes to the heavens.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2026

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