(v. & a.) The region of the air; the sky or heavens.
(v. & a.) The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our mothers were our first firmament, literally, our first homes, the universe from whose substance we were formed.
(2) For almost half a century Peter Maxwell Davies was one of the great fixed points in the firmament of British music, one of its most respected and admired figures.
(3) It is a sign that Facebook is looking to secure its place in the firmament by branching out into new forms of communication.
(4) The growing firmament of "hip-hopreneurs" includes 50 Cent who banked $100m when he sold his stake in water brand Glacéau to Coca-Cola in 2008 and also has a G-Unit clothing line and record label in his extensive commercial portfolio.
(5) The basic reason why no such thought could be contemplated was spelled out by National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, former Harvard Dean and reputedly the brightest star in the Camelot firmament.
(6) His role in the Labour firmament has long been that of the sane one, sent out to sound measured and sensible in interviews but invariably blamed when the broader strategy fails (for details see, in particular, Gordon Brown’s election-that-never-was, 2007).
(7) But after it was over, his position in the evolutionary firmament rose to be right up there, on the right hand of Charles Darwin himself.
(8) Heading for a draw with just minutes left on the clock, the Romans hardly delivered a vintage performance, but their two late goals were testament to a battling team whose sights are fixed firmly on a return to the Champions League firmament.
(9) No: BuzzFeed, just like Vice, Vox and other new stars in the same online firmament, is basically an eclectic agglomeration of news and entertainment, essentially a magazine: part the Tit-Bits that George Newnes started in 1881, part the Answers that set Lord Northcliffe on his path to glory, part Economist and Sunday Times colour mag.
(10) Here’s what tax expert, Richard Murphy, briefly a star in Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership firmament, said at the time about Phil and his tax arrangements.
(11) Radio (and television) might create political stars who shoot across the firmament, but they need more than that if they are to stay there.
(12) While the 66-year-old's capacity to create confusion and court chaos should not be underestimated, Kinnear can also be seen as a vulnerable figure raging against the dying of the light as he strives to reclaim a place in a football firmament which had all but forgotten him.
(13) 8.46am BST A couple of thoughts on the new ministry before we say good night The striking thing about Tony Abbott's new ministry (apart from the distinct lack of women, which we've already flagged) is how much it confirms the rise of Western Australia in the Liberal firmament.
(14) But the toy empire expanded hugely over the years and, alongside fairies, firefighters, nurses, jewel thieves, Egyptologists, prisoners, police tracking dogs and airport security staff are now part of the Playmobil firmament.
(15) Partly, that is because no one had ever seen so many stars in one recording studio at the same time, but mainly it is because the British pop firmament burned particularly bright in the mid-80s.
(16) But that story is marred by how much better we could have been – and how much further we could have travelled – had we not allowed the twin evils of corruption and poor leadership to enter and settle into our political firmament.
(17) The famous refrain of Bill Shankly, perhaps the only comparable figure in the firmament, that "football is not a matter of life and death, it is more important than that", is true, football is a metaphor.
(18) Photograph: The Guardian Among the many falsehoods in the North Korean firmament is that they are an advanced, prosperous nation.
(19) The editor of the Daily has not been announced, but observers are assuming it will be Jesse Angelo, the managing editor of the New York Post and rising star in the News Corp firmament.
(20) But now we can hear the lightning split the firmament and see fires rend the sky.
Firmamental
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our mothers were our first firmament, literally, our first homes, the universe from whose substance we were formed.
(2) For almost half a century Peter Maxwell Davies was one of the great fixed points in the firmament of British music, one of its most respected and admired figures.
(3) It is a sign that Facebook is looking to secure its place in the firmament by branching out into new forms of communication.
(4) The growing firmament of "hip-hopreneurs" includes 50 Cent who banked $100m when he sold his stake in water brand Glacéau to Coca-Cola in 2008 and also has a G-Unit clothing line and record label in his extensive commercial portfolio.
(5) The basic reason why no such thought could be contemplated was spelled out by National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, former Harvard Dean and reputedly the brightest star in the Camelot firmament.
(6) His role in the Labour firmament has long been that of the sane one, sent out to sound measured and sensible in interviews but invariably blamed when the broader strategy fails (for details see, in particular, Gordon Brown’s election-that-never-was, 2007).
(7) But after it was over, his position in the evolutionary firmament rose to be right up there, on the right hand of Charles Darwin himself.
(8) Heading for a draw with just minutes left on the clock, the Romans hardly delivered a vintage performance, but their two late goals were testament to a battling team whose sights are fixed firmly on a return to the Champions League firmament.
(9) No: BuzzFeed, just like Vice, Vox and other new stars in the same online firmament, is basically an eclectic agglomeration of news and entertainment, essentially a magazine: part the Tit-Bits that George Newnes started in 1881, part the Answers that set Lord Northcliffe on his path to glory, part Economist and Sunday Times colour mag.
(10) Here’s what tax expert, Richard Murphy, briefly a star in Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership firmament, said at the time about Phil and his tax arrangements.
(11) Radio (and television) might create political stars who shoot across the firmament, but they need more than that if they are to stay there.
(12) While the 66-year-old's capacity to create confusion and court chaos should not be underestimated, Kinnear can also be seen as a vulnerable figure raging against the dying of the light as he strives to reclaim a place in a football firmament which had all but forgotten him.
(13) 8.46am BST A couple of thoughts on the new ministry before we say good night The striking thing about Tony Abbott's new ministry (apart from the distinct lack of women, which we've already flagged) is how much it confirms the rise of Western Australia in the Liberal firmament.
(14) But the toy empire expanded hugely over the years and, alongside fairies, firefighters, nurses, jewel thieves, Egyptologists, prisoners, police tracking dogs and airport security staff are now part of the Playmobil firmament.
(15) Partly, that is because no one had ever seen so many stars in one recording studio at the same time, but mainly it is because the British pop firmament burned particularly bright in the mid-80s.
(16) But that story is marred by how much better we could have been – and how much further we could have travelled – had we not allowed the twin evils of corruption and poor leadership to enter and settle into our political firmament.
(17) The famous refrain of Bill Shankly, perhaps the only comparable figure in the firmament, that "football is not a matter of life and death, it is more important than that", is true, football is a metaphor.
(18) Photograph: The Guardian Among the many falsehoods in the North Korean firmament is that they are an advanced, prosperous nation.
(19) The editor of the Daily has not been announced, but observers are assuming it will be Jesse Angelo, the managing editor of the New York Post and rising star in the News Corp firmament.
(20) But now we can hear the lightning split the firmament and see fires rend the sky.