Meteor

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"Meteor" in a Sentence (13 examples)

A burning meteoroid produces a meteor.

It's only a matter of time before the meteor strikes.

One theory held that a meteor killed the age of dinosaurs.

Tom watched the meteor shower.

Last night provided a good opportunity to see a meteor shower.

The Earth is taking a meteor shower.

The Perseids are one of the most visible meteor showers.

Due to the friction generated between a meteor and the atmospheric gases, most meteors burn up before hitting Earth's surface as a meteorite.

If a meteoroid falls into the Earth's atmosphere, it will begin to heat up and start to glow. This is called a meteor.

If you have ever seen a "falling star", you were actually seeing a meteor.

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Europe, where the Sun dares ſcarce appeare, For freezing Meteors and congealed cold: […]

The twilight, the meteors call'd fire-balls, or flying dragons, and the northern lights, inhabit the higher regions of the atmosphere.

A meteor in the hazy air / Play’d before his path; / Before him now it roll’d / A globe of livid fire […] Anon to Thalaba it mov’d, / And wrapt him in its pale innocuous fire.

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