How to Use heaven in a Sentence

heaven

noun
  • Our baby is a gift from heaven.
  • He hopes to go to Heaven when he dies.
  • She prayed to God in Heaven.
  • From the heavens, the Texas band played the Eyes of Texas.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Please give me the strength from the heavens above and watch over me!
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Please give me the strength from the heavens above and watch over me! ...
    TheWeek, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Just like in any year, there’s a lot to see in the heavens.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2024
  • On its face, the move feels like a match made in slow-food heaven.
    Mrussell, oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Or to just kick back, soak in the starry heavens above, and just be.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The mid-1800s was an exciting time to peer at the heavens.
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2018
  • The base conceit is that in the end, your passion leads to your heaven.
    SI.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The heavens have opened and there are now Target drive-thrus.
    Monique O. Madan, miamiherald, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Last but not least, his spirit is amongst the stars up in the heavens with The Master.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Countless stars lit up the heavens, with the Milky Way a pale gash across the middle.
    Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • It's all painted a cheery blue to match the heavens where the souls are headed.
    Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2019
  • But during the drive to our building the heavens opened once more.
    Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 20 June 2019
  • That isn't to say all is peaceful and quiet in the heavens right now.
    refinery29.com, 1 July 2018
  • The Jets will win their fifth game of the season thanks to a holiday gift from the heavens.
    Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Front ski pointed to the heavens, the other toward the earth’s core.
    Nick Paumgarten, Outside Online, 11 July 2018
  • Kepler stared at just one small patch of the heavens whose stars are up to 3,000 light-years away.
    Amina Khan, latimes.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • And in true Dolly fashion, her blonde hair is teased to the heavens.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 16 June 2023
  • This deal stinks to the heavens and should be rescinded.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024
  • The Maldives, with its lagoons and reefs, is a heaven on earth.
    Tanvi Chheda, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • Cooking with loved ones is a special kind of heaven to me, and my heart surged at the thought of this event.
    Rebecca Horrigan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The evidence marking the loss of that soul was revealed when the heavens opened up and the rain came down.
    CBS News, 20 July 2019
  • And then some unjust God leaned, laughing, over the ramparts of heaven and dropped a black man in the midst.
    Federico Finchelstein, The New Republic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • There’s not just a heaven and a hell, there are the varying kingdoms, all of them blessed, but one more blessed than the rest.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2022
  • To sit in one of the main theater’s 700 seats is to be transported to big screen heaven.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2022
  • The heavens are aligned in many other notable ways, too!
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Guests can take a gander at the heavens via telescopes while listening to the park’s night-sky experts.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 22 July 2024

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