How to Use intergalactic in a Sentence

intergalactic

adjective
  • The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy battle Thanos in an intergalactic fight for control.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The movie, based off the 1962 book of the same name, focuses on a young black girl’s intergalactic search for her father.
    Lavendrick Smith, charlotteobserver, 15 Feb. 2018
  • How on Earth does a down-on-his-luck soldier go from here to smooching an intergalactic princess?
    Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 24 May 2018
  • Thanks to what can best be described as a high-tech, intergalactic Easy Bake Oven, a new era of space food may be on the horizon.
    Petra Cahill, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2019
  • And the greater the amount of time light spends traveling through the emptiness of intergalactic space, the greater the amount that the expansion of the Universe affects that light.
    Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • But hey, with an intergalactic trend like this one, letting your colorist have a bit of fun might not be such a bad idea.
    Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 11 Apr. 2017
  • The Aliens have powered up their flying saucers for a wild ride under the lights set to an out-of-this-world intergalactic soundtrack.
    Shelley Caran, ajc, 25 May 2018
  • Musk could be put in charge of an intergalactic space-faring crew.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 8 May 2021
  • And if a single pair of intergalactic pants can spawn a trending hashtag, then this movie has earned its place on this list.
    The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 4 Mar. 2018
  • The wreck site looks something out of a comic book—vestiges of an intergalactic war, maybe.
    Andrew Lawrence, Car and Driver, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Smith and Tommy Lee Jones went on to star in two sequels for the franchise, helping to keep Earth safe from intergalactic threats.
    Neha Prakash, VanityFair.com, 19 June 2017
  • This Gopher is an intergalactic space cowboy, who earned his rightful spot in the Hall of Fame.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Society6 says new designs will be added in the future, so keep your eyes peeled for more intergalactic artworks.
    Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2021
  • On top of that, Ravi expects a bit more from any aliens trying to send intergalactic hellos.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 26 June 2020
  • The company is counting on a group of intergalactic scoundrels to help.
    Frank Pallotta, CNN, 28 May 2022
  • The idea for the intergalactic tale was born out of a 1994 Pixar lunch meeting where concepts for some of the studio’s biggest hits were first crystallized.
    Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Songs float by on the faintest of heartbeat pulses, intergalactic noises streaking like comets across the melodies.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 June 2023
  • This is the last movie in his intergalactic trilogy, and there’s a fitting air of finality to the two-minute clip.
    Vulture, 1 Dec. 2022
  • There are nukes, alien brain locks, intergalactic warfare and a scope that keeps expanding long after the stakes seem clear.
    Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • There are nukes, alien brain locks, intergalactic warfare and a scope that keeps expanding long after the stakes seem clear.
    Amy Brady, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Other than the smooth-talking Pre ton, these intergalactic good guys are not endearing enough to root for.
    Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2022
  • The drag kings at Oasis send up the final episode of the original series, which is about a quest for intergalactic power by way of body switching.
    Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
  • This is the equivalent of the galaxy's bouncer grabbing the black hole by the scruff of the neck and hurling it vigorously into the intergalactic void.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The Avengers have defeated Thanos, Kang, and all manner of intergalactic threats.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • While the rest of the crew is freaking out (Rockwell screams like a child for a good seven seconds), Fred Kwan is completely chill about the intergalactic travel.
    Byron Burton, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2019
  • But the story of Solo involves Han and some friends pulling off a daring heist to get out from under the thumb of an intergalactic crime syndicate.
    Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 15 May 2018
  • Oh, and there’s an intergalactic war going on between the UNSC and human rebels, who we’re clearly meant to sympathize with over the army of space marines.
    Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
  • To some, though, the Protectorate is seen as an evil intergalactic empire.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 1 Mar. 2020
  • As described in the comics, Hal was a test pilot who became the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps., an intergalactic organization of beings that safeguard the cosmos, armed with powerful rings.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • In the preview, which debuted at Disney’s D23 expo Friday, a bunch of space kids leave the safe-but-boring confines of their intergalactic suburb after stumbling across a hidden Jedi temple, leading them on an adventure across the galaxy.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2024

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