Sample Sentences forluminary (auto-selected)
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We usually honored a luminary in public service and a client.† (source)
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Had the apprentice been reading the complete works of Goethe or any other such luminary, that was what would have sat in front of them.† (source)
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The glimmer of this luminary suggested the above conceits to Mr. Dimmesdale, who smiled—nay, almost laughed at them—and then wondered if he was going mad.† (source)
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But four luminaries stood out even in this distinguished company-climbers who demonstrated such astonishing prowess above 26,000 feet that they were in a league of their own: Ed Viesturs, the American who was starring in the IMAX film; Anatoli Boukreev, a guide from Kazakhstan working for Fischer; Ang Babu Sherpa, who was employed by the South African expedition; and Lopsang.† (source)
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We are quite definitely here as representatives of the Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and Other Thinking Persons, and we want this machine off, and we want it off now!† (source)
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On the first landing, Langdon came face-to-face with a bronze bust of Masonic luminary Albert Pike, along with the engraving of his most famous quote: WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR OURSELVES ALONE DIES WITH US; WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR OTHERS AND THE WORLD REMAINS AND IS IMMORTAL.† (source)
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The sun, the great luminary of the universe, had become as sackcloth of hair.† (source)
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In the years since then, Mameha had grown only more famous by putting on a number of widely publicized dance recitals at the Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo, usually attended by the prime minister and a great many other luminaries.† (source)
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Who was this novice in war with the effrontery of a luminary?† (source)
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As the stars began to peek from the evening sky, everyone gathered on the quad, which was ringed by the tall white statues of past luminaries.† (source)
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Now that a new light shone upon the horizon, this older luminary paled in the west.† (source)
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And here was Philosophy Hall, an official National Historic Landmark, where John Dewey, among other luminaries, once kept an office.† (source)
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This strange condition was held in balance for almost a quarter of an hour before it tipped in favor of night and the moon, and all the while Hans Castorp's dazzled and bewildered eyes moved in serene amazement between one landscape and luminary and the other, from day to night and out of night back into day.† (source)
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The three luminaries are the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars.† (source)
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A few rays of light, a wan, sinister light, that seemed to have been stolen from an expiring luminary, fell through some opening or other upon an old tower that raised its pasteboard battlements on the stage; everything, in this deceptive light, adopted a fantastic shape.† (source)
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For five, perhaps ten minutes, the two luminaries confronted each other across the level land, resting on opposite edges of the world.† (source)
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