(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.
Sky
Definition:
(n.) A cloud.
(n.) Hence, a shadow.
(n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural.
(n.) The wheather; the climate.
(v. t.) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.
(v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.
Example Sentences:
(1) The water is embossed with small waves and it has a chill glassiness which throws light back up at the sky.
(2) The detail of all of that will come over the coming months,” Cormann told Sky News.
(3) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
(4) Mal’s age alone was enough to earn him a significant amount of street cred in our misfit group of teenage boys, yet it was his history of extreme violence that ensured his approval rating was sky high.
(5) "The sky's the limit for these young people," he says.
(6) Top 10 Arpad Cseh Senior investment director, UBS Alice La Trobe Weston Executive director, head of European credit research, MSIM Morgan Stanley Katie Garrett Executive director, senior engineer, Goldman Sachs Alix Ainsley, Charlotte Cherry H R director, group operations (job share), Lloyds Banking Group Matt Dawson Director for business development, The Instant Group Angela Kitching, Hannah Pearce Head of external affairs (job share), Age UK Morwen Williams Head of newsgathering operations, BBC Georgina Faulkner Head of Sky multisports, Sky Maggie Stilwell Managing partner for talent, UK & Ireland, EY Sarah Moore Partner, PwC
(7) In desperation, I cancelled my contract with Sky and placed a new order with BT in February.
(8) It is trying to position Sky Arts as the country's premier cultural channel as it attempts to demonstrate to politicians and regulators that it can produce programming that was once the preserve of public service broadcasters like the BBC.
(9) The foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, told Sky News the British security assessment was based on “all the information available”, some of it “sensitive”.
(10) Sky News has apologised profusely after one of its presenters was shown rifling through the personal belongings of a stricken passenger at the MH17 crash site.
(11) But, the challenge now is for Sky to hold its nerve.
(12) Our team of reporters have spent the last week on an intensive bikram yoga course in order to get themselves into the rather awkward position of having their ears to the ground, their eyes to the skies and their fingers on the pulse.
(13) Dark Sky , for example, is a Kickstarter-funded iOS app that provides weather forecasting depending on your exact location.
(14) But Hey Diddly Dee, in Sky Arts' latest Playhouse Presents season, could only manage 71,000 viewers, despite the combined star power of Kylie Minogue, David Harewood, Peter Serafinowicz and Mathew Horne.
(15) Morrison admitted on Sky News on Sunday night that the conversation did take place, but that no deal was made.
(16) "In the UK our long-term competition will likely be Sky Go offering Sky Movies and Sky Atlantic on demand," he said.
(17) We all do different things.” She was front and centre at Ashley’s side in footage shot last week by Sky News cameramen, who were also part of the “selected media” entourage invited to Shirebrook to launch the group’s charm offensive.
(18) There is an ongoing duel over whether Sky should offer its channels to BT's YouView service, while BT has yet to agree a deal with the cable operator Virgin Media to broadcast its channels.
(19) We had a brief conversation and I said to him he was acting from high honour here, and I said how sorry I was this wasn’t happening in three or four years time..because Barry is a man of honour..and I think he is a very capable premier and I think he has been missed.” Asked whether he had ever met Nick di Girolamo , the prime minister said both he and Mr di Girolamo attended a lot of functions, and “I don’t for a moment say I have never met him but I don’t recall it.” But former federal Liberal MP Ross Cameron sounded much more sceptical about O’Farrell’s memory lapse when speaking to Sky News.
(20) Before bids being lodged, sources had indicated that Sky was not prepared to make a knockout bid to snatch back the rights from BT, which has justified the expense to customers and shareholders as “financially disciplined”.