METEOR in a Sentence

Learn METEOR 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.

Example sentences for METEOR, such as:

1. The company has experienced meteoric growth.
2. Mr. Rosedale meant to have a less meteoric career.
3. At the moment when one expects it the least, God placards a meteor on the wall of the firmament.
4. In the battle of Waterloo there is something more than a cloud, there is something of the meteor.
5. The carriage rolled with a thundering noise over the pavement, and every one turned to notice the dazzling meteor.

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 Meanings and Examples of METEOR
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meteor
 n.  any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
Classic Sentence:
1  It was a coarse wood-cut, representing a splendid meteor "as seen in the town of Cologne," which was to be read below in bright letters.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
2  The carriage rolled with a thundering noise over the pavement, and every one turned to notice the dazzling meteor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 85. The Journey.
3  In the battle of Waterloo there is something more than a cloud, there is something of the meteor.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—THE CATASTROPHE
4  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
5  The golden secretary darted through the room like a meteor with a dashing French-woman who carpeted the floor with her pink satin train.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
6  It was doubtless caused by one of those meteors, which the night-watcher may so often observe burning out to waste, in the vacant regions of the atmosphere.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
7  Mr. Rosedale meant to have a less meteoric career.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
Example Sentence:
1  No meteor shower is more spectacular than the annual Perseid showers which astronomers consider one of the most rewarding sky watching events of the year.
2  The company has experienced meteoric growth.