HORIZON in a Sentence

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The planet was, in fact, very near the horizon and was traversing a dense layer of mist which imparted to it a horrible ruddy hue.

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 Meanings and Examples of HORIZON
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
horizon
 n.  line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet; range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest
Classic Sentence: (117 in 8 pages)
1  The sun was setting, and had almost touched the horizon when the Bishop arrived at the excommunicated spot.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
2  The horizon was perfectly black.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
3  The earth was thus better lighted than the sky, which produces a particularly sinister effect, and the hill, whose contour was poor and mean, was outlined vague and wan against the gloomy horizon.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
4  Barely visible in the pale shadows of the horizon.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS
5  Nothing on the horizon; nothing in heaven.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII—BILLOWS AND SHADOWS
6  There was nothing on the horizon except the Alps.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS
7  He watched the horizon grow white; he stared at all the chilly figures of a winter's dawn as they passed before his eyes, but without seeing them.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
8  On the horizon through the trees, he perceived a sort of little elevation, and on this elevation something which at that distance resembled a lion.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
9  The Emperor had been the first, as early as mid-day, to descry with his field-glass, on the extreme horizon, something which had attracted his attention.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BULOW
10  The kings reigned, but ill at their ease, with the rock of Saint Helena on the horizon.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT
11  The planet was, in fact, very near the horizon and was traversing a dense layer of mist which imparted to it a horrible ruddy hue.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE
12  There are fierce attitudes on the horizon.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE
13  The Bishop had caused the dawn of virtue to rise on his horizon; Cosette caused the dawn of love to rise.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
14  The moon, still very close to the horizon, cast great masses of light and shadow in the streets.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY
15  The sun was not yet hidden behind the horizon; there was still light enough to enable him to distinguish something white at the bottom of that yawning pocket.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYI...
Example Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  Soon they were only dots above the hard line of the horizon.
2  The moon has risen above the horizon.
3  The moon rose slowly above the horizon.
4  The sun has risen above the horizon.
5  Once already heals by the needle jianzha broken fingertip, whose horizon have you gone to.
6  The mountains rolled away to a distant horizon.
7  The sea stretched away to the distant horizon.
8  The hills rolled toward the horizon.
9  The town was just a blur on the horizon.
10  The whole horizon glowed with the light of the great fire.
11  Human nature is the most pathetic: we always dream of the horizon of a wonderful rose garden, not to enjoy today in our window open rose.
12  Never look down to test the ground before taking your step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.
13  The sun went down below the horizon.
14  The horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the heart.
15  He scanned the horizon, looking for land.