How to Use galaxy in a Sentence

galaxy

noun
  • The event was attended by a galaxy of artists.
  • Did your love story start thanks to a mutual love for a galaxy far, far away?
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The novel imagines a galaxy in which thousands of alien races are able to communicate with each other via short paragraphs of text.
    Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
  • They are warped by the fabric of spacetime in the vicinity of a supermassive galaxy cluster.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022
  • BlissLights Sky Lite projects a galaxy in any room, which is basically the coolest thing ever.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 14 Nov. 2022
  • That’s because most of those elements are expelled from the galaxy during supernovas.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The second new galaxy is estimated to have existed about 400 million years after the birth of the cosmos.
    Mark Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • More recently, the James Webb Space Telescope has found galaxies more distant from our own than any known before.
    Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Qurbani’s favorite story followed the escapades of a space cowboy, who could fly anywhere in the universe and go on adventures in vast uncharted galaxies.
    Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
  • For now, these cells are a proof of concept that ultrathin designs can make satellites and spacecraft tolerant against harmful radiation found throughout the galaxy.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Somerville wondered whether all high-redshift galaxies are made of dense clumps like those grapes, and why computer simulations of galaxy formation are not reproducing those structures.
    Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The galaxy is twice the length of the Milky Way galaxy.
    Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The Acolyte is ready to welcome you back to the Star Wars galaxy — way, way back.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 4 May 2024
  • The Milk Way is the galaxy our solar system calls home.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2023
  • The jet is longer than the galaxy that contains it, stretching for 5,000 light-years.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • In the middle of this patch is the nearby active galaxy NGC 1068.
    Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2023
  • Buckle up, Marvel fans — the Guardians are about to save the galaxy once again.
    Maggie Kreienberg, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But in the dark corners of the galaxy, a powerful few learn to use the Force in secret.
    Rendy Jones, EW.com, 28 June 2024
  • In our own galaxy, this may even happen a few times a year, per the paper.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2023
  • The gas in the galaxy spans a mind-bending range of physical states.
    Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2024
  • The image is of a merging galaxy pair known as II ZW 96.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Jan. 2023
  • All the stories take place at different points of time in the galaxy far, far away.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 4 May 2023
  • The new image of the galaxy is the sharpest view of it yet, dating back to its discovery in 1784.
    Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 17 May 2024
  • The Daniels are headed from a universe of hot dog fingers to the galaxy far, far away.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Watch as the galaxy ball spins and puts on a bright and colorful light display.
    Talia Connor, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The burst had gone off in the heart of an ancient galaxy where star births and deaths (in the form of supernovas) had ceased eons ago.
    Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Not only is the series set in a galaxy far, far away, but The Acolyte takes place at a time long, long ago.
    Rendy Jones, EW.com, 28 June 2024
  • This fall bodycon dress is a galaxy of sparkle, with a cowl neck that adds a touch of vintage flair.
    Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Part Two is still more handsome than just about anyone else in the galaxy.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 July 2024
  • With the vast galaxy landscape the show explores, Britell discussed themes with Gilroy.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Aug. 2023

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