How to Use comet in a Sentence

comet

noun

• And when the comet is this close, there just isn't time for that.
  — Holly Thomas, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
• Every year, the Earth passes near the path of the comet.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 21 July 2023
• Think of it this way; if Arcturus and Venus are the ends of a coat-hanger, the comet is the hook.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• The comet should appear for a couple of hours in the east, where the sun rises.
  — Jorge Garay, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
• In the movie, Earth finds itself in the path of a comet that’s big enough to destroy the planet.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2021
• But, spoiler alert, in the Netflix flick, the comet hits the Earth — and destroys it.
  — Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
• Skywatchers will have chances to glimpse the comet through most of the remainder of the month.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023
• Bright planets, stars and even a comet may appear if the skies are clear.
  — Katherine Rodeghier, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• The comet has a tail made up of dust and ice,which is typical of comets that pass by the sun.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
• That’s a pretty trippy thing to see—a comet during the day!
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2024
• This may also need to be done when the comet is nearby?
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
• On that day, the comet, which appears to be bright green, will be about 27 million miles away from the Earth.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 31 Jan. 2023
• Meech called it a Manx comet, after a breed of cat without a tail.
  — Byeric Hand, science.org, 5 Oct. 2022
• Devin Booker looked more like Haley's comet than a Sun in the first half.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2022
• Did any of this film’s stakeholders object to the comet hitting the Earth at the end?
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
• Just how visible the shower will be depend on the speed of the comet.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 26 May 2022
• The Leonids come from debris from the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2023
• The plume has been pushed away by the sun's radiation, not unlike the tail of a comet.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 5 Oct. 2022
• They’ve also been seen on Mercury, some moons around Jupiter, and even on a comet.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 21 May 2022
• Given that the comet hasn't been seen since the last ice age, this is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
  — Michael D'estries, Treehugger, 2 Feb. 2023
• As with the virus (and the comet in the movie), scientists have been warning us for decades about the dangers of climate change.
  — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
• Strasburg was a comet streaking across the San Diego sky well before.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
• The comet is named for A. E. Thatcher, who discovered it in 1861.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
• Rare, green comet to pass by Earth Wednesday Why is it called a devil comet?
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2023
• But by all accounts, no one knew this comet was coming.
  — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
• MacNeill said if the comet is bright, Frosty Drew will announce a public event.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• Instead of mapping the skies, its task was to watch asteroids and comets that whizzed close to Earth.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
• The comet’s debris heats up when met by friction from the Earth’s atmosphere and lights up.
  — Alisa Tang, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• Best comet photos in Wisconsin this week The comet has wowed folks all week.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
• Meteor storms can happen when a comet’s debris is concentrated close to the comet, rather than spread out, as Earth passes through the trail.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024