[ UK /fˈɜːməmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
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How To Use firmament In A Sentence

  • You must not grow - you must be as unchanging and constant as the firmament.
  • Can the whole firmamental creation in its turn be nothing but a corner of some mightier scheme? Science and the Infinite or Through a Window in the Blank Wall
  • As he checked his appearance in the mirror he mused on what it meant to be a star without a firmament. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
  • Admittedly he was rich, and a rising star in the political firmament. A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE
  • Then he looked at the twain and saw them dig a grave and therein bury the slain bird; after which they flew away far into the firmament and disappeared for a while; but presently they returned with the murtherer-bird and, alighting on the grave of the murthered, stamped on the slayer till they had done him to death. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • This time, the suddenness of the fall was reinforced by the fact that it immediately followed her latest explosive re-entry into the political firmament.
  • Little space was devoted to the fact that a sporting success-starved nation suddenly had a youthful role model, an ambassador who could put India's name on the tennis firmament.
  • It is proving a big leap, this transition from man-child to leading light in the athletics firmament.
  • Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are scattered with all its beams.
  • The scattered fragments strewed the ground like stars bespangling the firmament. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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