(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.
Trepidation
Definition:
(n.) An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
(n.) Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.
(n.) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nevertheless, he admits to a degree of trepidation.
(2) In a 2010 essay, Berman wrote of visiting the Bronx again, with trepidation, fearing that the borough's notorious self-immolation would have left nothing of the world he remembered.
(3) Trepidation gave way to further jubilation when Kightly doubled their lead.
(4) I wouldn’t put David Haye in just yet because he achieved more as a cruiserweight.” That’s a handy shopping list of varying talent and, apart from Wilder, the WBC champion with the imposing knockout record but yet to be truly stretched, it is not a field to invite trepidation.
(5) This feeling of trepidation isn't helped when I spot him, standing out a mile among the post-work drinkers and carefully dressed-down new-media types, not just because of his mane of blond hair but because his face is covered in faded bruising and the remains of a black eye.
(6) Did the pair not have any trepidation about mining the Nazis for jokes?
(7) Democrats running for president have traditionally shown “trepidation” about calling for more gun control, notes Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union.
(8) They used to approach trips to Merseyside with trepidation, but won at Anfield for the first time in 52 years in August.
(9) "Certainly, latent and overt stereotypes, fear or trepidation about others, and even naked racism may have contributed to static levels of interaction and the slow pace at which social bonds are being forged between South Africans of different race groups," the report notes.
(10) Read more The outspoken Joyce – who to the trepidation of many colleagues has been elected leader of the rural-based Nationals party and therefore also becomes deputy prime minister in Malcolm Turnbull’s Coalition government – just got a little more publicity than he was banking on.
(11) In Brussels, the visit will nevertheless be watched with trepidation, for fear the Russians could make Tsipras an offer he cannot refuse.
(12) It’s so important that all views are heard and understood in order for us to learn to trust and respect each other more.” Many synod members were approaching the closed process with trepidation, Broadbent said.
(13) The annual economic update – which also sets out government's plans for managing economic growth, and provides a rough guide to the following spring's budget – is already causing some trepidation for councils.
(14) But for all the complaints about Obama’s healthcare act, one doesn’t have to go far in Northampton County to find someone who loves the law, and views the current Republican effort with trepidation, or worse.
(15) Among those are several of the constituencies where Lib Dems will be looking at any Green bounce with trepidation, such as St Ives and North Cornwall.
(16) The portion of fate that depends on the unknown is called 'douleur', and this must be considered and explored with trepidation."
(17) When she won her party's leadership contest back in March, you could sense two conflicting reactions rippling through the Welsh nationalists' collective psyche: excitement about such a radical politician taking the top job; and from more conservative quarters, a real trepidation about what she might do with her new role.
(18) While trepidation remains, things have changed rapidly.
(19) The agenda is a full one, with the mood one of caution and some trepidation.
(20) On the approach to the national stadium in Saint-Denis, which was the target for three suicide bombers almost exactly seven months ago amid terrorist attacks on the capital that killed 130 people , home fans draped tricolors around their shoulders and donned novelty chicken hats, but the usual celebratory air was undercut by a mix of defiance and trepidation.