Examples of Neptune in a Sentence
sailors shipwrecked by the wild waves of Neptune
Recent Examples on the Web
Villanova coach Kyle Neptune credited Reed’s physicality and UConn’s all-around defense for the second half effort that ended the game on a 27-6 run.
—
Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2025
Planets the size of Neptune are conspicuously absent on orbits shorter than about three days.
—Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
The solar system’s 293 moons include several believed to harbor oceans, including Saturn’s Enceladus, Jupiter’s Europa, and Neptune’s Triton.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
Clear its orbit of other debris Pluto fails the third criterion because its orbit overlaps with objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy bodies beyond Neptune.
—John Loeffler, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for Neptune 
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2025
Planets the size of Neptune are conspicuously absent on orbits shorter than about three days.
—Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
The solar system’s 293 moons include several believed to harbor oceans, including Saturn’s Enceladus, Jupiter’s Europa, and Neptune’s Triton.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
Clear its orbit of other debris Pluto fails the third criterion because its orbit overlaps with objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy bodies beyond Neptune.
—John Loeffler, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for Neptune
Dictionary Entries Near Neptune
Cite this Entry
“Neptune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Neptune. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share