the heavens
plural noun
: the sky
the brightest star in the heavens
Note: When the heavens open (up) it means it starts to rain.
The game had to be stopped when the heavens opened up.
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Then, the light comes from the foundation, from the front door, from the garages as the house takes off into the night, sailing up like a balloon let go by a 4-year-old, heading to the heavens but in an uneven trajectory.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
On Wednesday afternoon, Darnold unleashed a beautiful deep ball toward the heavens, dropping it into the outstretched arms of receiver Justin Jefferson with the perfect amount of touch.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 26 July 2024
Although the facilities have brought Hawaii international acclaim in astronomy and have helped to boost the local economy, Native Hawaiians have long regarded the summit as their spiritual connection to the heavens.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
The stars came down from the heavens and touched me, dancing all around, incredibly bright.
—Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024
The vantage then rises above the city and the bay, and then out of the atmosphere and into space—a vision of the heavens that outdoes even the splendor conjured, in planetariums of old, by the double-ended Zeiss Mark VI projector.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
While Charlotte was standing with George between the heavens and the earth and his heart was calling her name, Lady Danbury was down bad for Violet’s father, a married man who couldn’t be seen with her in public.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
The first casts Wilson as a Sixties-style crooner in a blue pantsuit and hair to the heavens, placing her on the stage of a TV variety show where cameras capture a whole lot of shimmying.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024
Unfortunately, at precisely the moment when the nuclear standoff is extending all the way to the heavens, Cold War-era arms control treaties of all types are falling by the wayside.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 12 Apr. 2022
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
On Wednesday afternoon, Darnold unleashed a beautiful deep ball toward the heavens, dropping it into the outstretched arms of receiver Justin Jefferson with the perfect amount of touch.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 26 July 2024
Although the facilities have brought Hawaii international acclaim in astronomy and have helped to boost the local economy, Native Hawaiians have long regarded the summit as their spiritual connection to the heavens.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
The stars came down from the heavens and touched me, dancing all around, incredibly bright.
—Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024
The vantage then rises above the city and the bay, and then out of the atmosphere and into space—a vision of the heavens that outdoes even the splendor conjured, in planetariums of old, by the double-ended Zeiss Mark VI projector.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
While Charlotte was standing with George between the heavens and the earth and his heart was calling her name, Lady Danbury was down bad for Violet’s father, a married man who couldn’t be seen with her in public.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 24 June 2024
The first casts Wilson as a Sixties-style crooner in a blue pantsuit and hair to the heavens, placing her on the stage of a TV variety show where cameras capture a whole lot of shimmying.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2024
Unfortunately, at precisely the moment when the nuclear standoff is extending all the way to the heavens, Cold War-era arms control treaties of all types are falling by the wayside.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 12 Apr. 2022
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“The heavens.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20heavens. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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