How to Use the ether in a Sentence

the ether

noun
  • And you’re lost and alone in the universe, circling through the ether.
    Martin Scorsese, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Those who fail to reach the icy shores vanish into the ether.
    Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2023
  • There were vibes floating around in the ether about Kevin Hart [starring with her].
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
  • Somewhere out there in the ether, the ghost in the machine hears our weak little mouse clicks and pricks up his horns.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • That the tongue disappeared into the ether, and then the ghost of Annie K comes with the women and leave it there.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • One of hip-hop’s great gifts is its ability to conjure new slang from the ether.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Everything else can just be left in the ether between us.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
  • That means more than 84% of Cedars-Sinai’s gross charges disappeared into the ether.
    Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 20 Nov. 2023
  • He, too, seems fated to fade into the ether like so many past suitors.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2024
  • Anything a blog throws into the ether is likely to be shared and devoured by fans.
    Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • And maybe leave some Glee DVDs lying around as a subtle hint that this idea is very much already in the ether.
    Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2024
  • The alley framed a postcard view of the Empire State Building, rising into the ether.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • There’s no dominant kind of emotive issue in the ether.
    Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 7 June 2024
  • The crime may disappear into the ether, or the youth may be sent into diversion.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The decision to attribute Trump’s strength to the indictments, then, is a choice the chattering class is making, plucked from the ether.
    Jess Coleman, The New Republic, 11 Sep. 2023
  • There’s not just energy floating out there in the ether, there’s a stash of unfinished music.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 July 2023
  • And now, to hear Night Country boss Issa López tell it, those answers were out in the ether weeks before they were revealed onscreen.
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
  • From the ether came a voice with an erotic tale replete with moaning and exhortations.
    Scott Johnson, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
  • Software might exist in the ether—but hardware is a real physical thing.
    Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But Papa has gone missing, Etienne is nowhere to be found and Marie is stuck sending radio transmissions out into the ether.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2023
  • As if summoned from the ether, Penta El Zero Miedo suddenly appears.
    Hector Diaz, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Float off into the ether of your beautiful fantasyland happiness and just leave me alone, please.
    Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The ideas did not appear out of the ether; Minnesota Democrats had been preparing legislation during their time out of power.
    Grace Segers, The New Republic, 3 July 2023
  • But until the full audience is ambulatory, nights such as Monday are cast to the ether of a six-month regular-season, one of 82.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Get ready to unwind as your worries effortlessly dissolve into the ether.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2023
  • Like on Snapchat, such videos have a short life span and often give users a sense of security that their communications will soon disappear into the ether.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
  • The greatest Artists of all time seem to have emerged fully formed from the ether of musical legend as if their success had been simply undeniable and preordained.
    Ted Brown, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2023
  • And then there’s Bill Maher flying through the ether, telling us inflation is done — another wicked soothsayer denying the obvious: that inflation is a beast yet to be tamed.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Smartphones in the hands of kids aren’t always all bad, and even social media apps have their benefits in helping young people learn about the world, entertain themselves and find communities out there in the ether.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024
  • Chthonic instrumentals give way to eerie ballads incorporating chamber-pop and R&B, her voice rising from the ether like a spirit from a cursed cave.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Feb. 2024

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