FIRMAMENT in a Sentence

Learn FIRMAMENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

10 example sentences for FIRMAMENT, such as:

1. The firmament was as a scroll rolled away.
2. A falling star shone in the dark firmament.
3. He raised his head and stared at the firmament.
4. At the moment when one expects it the least, God placards a meteor on the wall of the firmament.
5. The distant rims of the world and of the firmament seemed to be a division in time no less than a division in matter.

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 Meanings and Examples of FIRMAMENT
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firmament
 n.  fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
Classic Sentence:
1  A falling star shone in the dark firmament.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
2  By degrees the wind abated, vast gray clouds rolled towards the west, and the blue firmament appeared studded with bright stars.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
3  Monte Cristo raised his eyes, but he could not see the heavens; there was a stone veil between him and the firmament.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 113. The Past.
4  Before him and behind: above, below, on the right and on the left: he seemed to stand surrounded by a firmament, all bright with gleaming eyes.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
5  The distant rims of the world and of the firmament seemed to be a division in time no less than a division in matter.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 1 A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression
6  The firmament was as a scroll rolled away.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  At the moment when one expects it the least, God placards a meteor on the wall of the firmament.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES
8  But they take no violence on their plumage, nor wounds on their bodies; and soaring into the firmament with rapid flight, leave their foul traces on the spoil they had half consumed.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
9  Pausing first to put the door key in its old place behind the shutter, she resolutely turned her face to the confronting pile of firmamental darkness beyond the palings, and stepped into its midst.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
Example Sentence:
1  He raised his head and stared at the firmament.