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Meanings of shooting stars in English

Russian
метеор
Portuguese
meteoro
Spanish
meteoro
Catalan
estrella fugaç
Wikidata

Visible streak of light from a meteoroid that enters the earth's atmosphere.

        метеор
        Usage of shooting stars in English
        1
        Above the blue shadows of the chestnut trees shooting stars glided peacefully.
        Romance of the Rabbit
        2
        Dozens of shooting stars streaked through the sky in a perpetual blaze.
        The Lair of Bones
        3
        Or perhaps they descend from darkness, wreathed in fire like shooting stars.
        The half-made world
        4
        Lights danced behind his eyes like a sky full of shooting stars.
        The captive
        5
        Then Dorian's gaze met hers, and Celaena's blood turned into shooting stars.
        Throne of Glass
        6
        One o'clock from Wayfleet bell tower, what a shower of shooting stars!
        Men, Women and Ghosts
        7
        I saw heaps of shooting stars and made a wish every single time.
        News.com.au
        8
        We sometimes mistakenly refer to meteor shower streaks as ' shooting stars'.
        The South African
        9
        Almost immediately a trio of shooting stars arced across the sky.
        Wizardborn
        10
        Lulled, he fell into a doze and missed the shooting stars.
        Imajica: Complete Edition
        11
        We also passed patches of belated scarlet larkspur, shooting stars, and glaring golden-rod.
        The Lake of the Sky / Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of Californ...
        12
        Bubbles effervesced to the surface like a galaxy of shooting stars.
        G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
        13
        I saw little shooting stars before my eyes at each jolt.
        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
        14
        Wood smoke scented the air and shooting stars lit the night.
        BBC
        15
        Up to 100 shooting stars an hour are expected to streak across the skies.
        BBC
        16
        Shows you where to look for the best shooting stars.
        The half life of stars: a novel
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