How to Use in the stars in a Sentence

in the stars

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  • Or maybe the draw is something much more fundamental, tapping into an age-old interest in the stars and the deeply human wonder about the cosmos.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The answer is yes, and as before, the secret lies in the stars.
    Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 21 July 2023
  • In high school, my interest in the stars and the planets led me to study the physics of the universe.
    Takashi Nakamura, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • Talk about a power couple that was written in the stars.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 4 Apr. 2022
  • But, as Kendra explains to us, there is some strategy in the stars.
    EW.com, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The Woody-on-Woody turn seemed written in the stars, or at least written in the produce section.
    Eric Webb, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • But no matter the project — down to earth or in the stars — there has to be a personal hook for Luna.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 Mar. 2023
  • That’s a script everyone’s already read, and read again, and again, written in the stars.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Those things were still a few years off, so these poor excuses for pictures in the stars were used to pass on all the tales.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Read on to learn your zodiac sign as food, or in other words, the dish that’s written in the stars for you.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2023
  • But perhaps the secret has always been written in the stars.
    Danielle Pergament, Allure, 19 Mar. 2021
  • While Camila and Shawn’s reunion may come as a surprise to some, it was written in the stars.
    Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 1 May 2023
  • The cutouts in the stars and base give it an old-fashioned, crafty look and come in a protective box for year-round storage.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Sometimes the perfect gift is already written in the stars.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Love and romance are in the stars, and putting your best foot forward will bring happiness.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But this happening now, in the summer of 2021 — or ever — was not written in the stars.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
  • So, the astronomers behind the new work measured the levels of heavy elements in the stars that were thought to belong to the C-19 stream.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2022
  • For centuries, humans have believed that the future is written in the stars.
    Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • This latest upset may have been written in the stars — or on the calendar, at least.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2022
  • In most modern galaxies, almost all the mass is in the stars, with less than a percent or so in the central black hole.
    WIRED, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Great because: Feet in the gutter, heads in the stars, Mötley Crüe made danger sound super fun.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 4 July 2022
  • Given that, D’Arcy’s red carpet stardom seems written in the stars.
    André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The perfect success story had been written in the stars, only for those stars to all come crashing down.
    Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Planes go real fast, so the turnaround is not impossible, but the doesn’t appear to be in the stars this weekend.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2023
  • As a strong follower of astrology, Fox claims the timing of her work, love and fame was written in the stars.
    Washington Post, 2 July 2021
  • As for what is happening in the stars at the exact time of the summer solstice this year, Lisa says the moon will be in Leo, which means emotions will be strong.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 9 June 2023
  • Gazing upward into the night sky, the Greeks recognized a human figure in the stars.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The Mysteries of The Universe is perfect for kids (and kids at heart) who already love space, or for sparking a new interest in the stars.
    Rachel Feltman, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2023
  • Sorry, Bridgerton stans, a real-life romance between the show's leading actors just isn't in the stars.
    Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Megan Fox and fiancé Machine Gun Kelly just dropped a nail polish collection that feels like it was painted in the stars.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2022

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