How to Use heaven in a Sentence

heaven

noun
  • Our baby is a gift from heaven.
  • He hopes to go to Heaven when he dies.
  • She prayed to God in Heaven.
  • From the heavens, the Texas band played the Eyes of Texas.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Please give me the strength from the heavens above and watch over me!
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Please give me the strength from the heavens above and watch over me! ...
    TheWeek, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Just like in any year, there’s a lot to see in the heavens.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2024
  • On its face, the move feels like a match made in slow-food heaven.
    Mrussell, oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Or to just kick back, soak in the starry heavens above, and just be.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Last but not least, his spirit is amongst the stars up in the heavens with The Master.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Countless stars lit up the heavens, with the Milky Way a pale gash across the middle.
    Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • It's all painted a cheery blue to match the heavens where the souls are headed.
    Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2019
  • The Jets will win their fifth game of the season thanks to a holiday gift from the heavens.
    Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • And in true Dolly fashion, her blonde hair is teased to the heavens.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 16 June 2023
  • The Maldives, with its lagoons and reefs, is a heaven on earth.
    Tanvi Chheda, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • Cooking with loved ones is a special kind of heaven to me, and my heart surged at the thought of this event.
    Rebecca Horrigan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2020
  • And then some unjust God leaned, laughing, over the ramparts of heaven and dropped a black man in the midst.
    Federico Finchelstein, The New Republic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • There’s not just a heaven and a hell, there are the varying kingdoms, all of them blessed, but one more blessed than the rest.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2022
  • To sit in one of the main theater’s 700 seats is to be transported to big screen heaven.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2022
  • Cicero talked about bronze machines, globes that turn to show the motions of the heavens.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • In front of this man torn open to the bone, the Lord praises His works: heaven, seas, earth and animals.
    Christian Wiman, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
  • Is this the kind of player that Barcelona and Real should be trying to move heaven and earth for?
    SI.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Draymond will laugh to the high heavens at his triumph.
    Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Nothing, though, beats getting to know your way around the heavens.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
  • No need to cramp your neck staring into the heavens, though.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • For heaven’s sake, don’t make that a reason not to put him on trial.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 June 2022
  • The boats that remained in the bay sat graciously, their thin masts pointing to the heavens like tiny steeples.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
  • But there can be no heaven without a hell, and Beethoven’s demons gave him a direct line to the angels.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Hercules the Hero parades across the evening summer sky and Perseus flies in the evening winter heavens.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Humans have been charting out changes in the heavens for thousands of years.
    Rachel Feltman, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2023

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