How to Use meteor in a Sentence

meteor

noun
Definition of meteornext
  • Here’s how to catch the best meteor light show of the year.
    — Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
  • Last year, light from a bright moon washed out many of the meteors.
    — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Look to the sky this August for a chance to see a meteor streak across the horizon.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2024
  • The agency said the last meteor storm occurred in 2002.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • This will let your eyes adjust to the dark skies and spot the meteor showers.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 21 Dec. 2021
  • How to watch the Perseid meteor shower in the Bay Area this week.
    — Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Aug. 2021
  • In light of the meteor hurtling toward Earth, please plan to have that five-year road map to me by E.O.W. (end of world).
    — Carlos Greaves, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The meteors from this shower appear to emanate from this area of stars in the night sky.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The meteors will seem to be originating from this spot in the sky.
    — Caroline Hetzel, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The best time to look for meteors is in the early morning hours, around 2 to 4 a.m. local time.
    — Tiffany Acosta arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2023
  • Wham, the churlish AI wipes us all out, not even waiting for the meteor to do so.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The very early hours of today are the best time to see the peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • The best views of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower will come in the hours before dawn.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 May 2022
  • The Quadrantids meteor shower will peak the night of Jan. 3 through the morning of Jan. 4.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The meteors will be in the northeastern part of the sky by the constellation Perseus.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2023
  • In late April, the Lyrid meteor shower will hit its peak.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 2 Jan. 2022
  • On its way down, Hubble would streak through the skies like a meteor and then fall into the sea.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Don’t forget the Perseid meteors, which will be reaching peak in the overnight — get away from the lights.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Prime viewing time for the Eta Aquarid meteor show will be overnight May 5-6 in the pre-dawn hours.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 5 May 2022
  • Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours.
    — Simmone Shah, TIME, 3 May 2024
  • The Ursid meteor shower will peak the night of December 21, which is the longest night of the year.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The Geminid meteor shower is one of the last showers of the year.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The streaks of light are caused by the glowing, hot air as meteors speed through Earth's atmosphere.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • How to see a meteor The Lyrids may not be the most active of the annual showers.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
  • That's the sound of what experts say was a meteor over the weekend in the Northern Utah and Southern Idaho area.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Filled with cinder cones and craters, the area looked like it had been hit by both a volcanic eruption and a meteor strike.
    — Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2023
  • However, the search for fragments of a meteor that lit up the sky in the region in 2016 wasn’t fruitful, Pitt said.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Then, on our wrap day, a giant meteor splitting the sky.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
  • But in the meantime, Earth will repeatedly pass through its debris field—which is good news for meteor aficionados.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
  • This year, spectators have to contend with a nearly-full bright waning gibbous moon that will outshine fainter meteors.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024

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