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Definition
a streak of light in the night sky that results from a space rock burning in the earth's atmosphereor:
a meteoroid: a small space rock that hit the earth's atmosphere
or:
a meteorite: a stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that reached the earth's surface
- Most meteors come from rocks that are about the size of a pebble.
meteors = a streak of light in the night sky that results from a space rock burning in the earth's atmosphere
- We were away from the city lights where meteors are easier to see.
- There wasn't any meteor shower.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
- They don't know that this is all one huge big blazing meteor that makes a pretty fire in space, but that some day it'll have to hit.Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451
- The stars poured over his sight like flaming meteors.Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451
- Something had gone through his mind, flashing like a meteor, too quick, too bright to catch and hold.Stephen King -- The Shining
- The logo signs shoot past her on A either side like meteors.Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
- When the glass stopped falling, there was a hole in the ceiling, several feet wide, as if a meteor had crashed through it.Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass
- It had come like a meteor falling from the sky.Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy
- More than once, I saved the planet from destruction by waving my wand at a crashing meteor.Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
- Occasionally, as if on cue, comets and meteor showers would tumble through the starry ranks, adding variation to the flowing dance.William P. Young -- The Shack
- I fidgeted while we watched the shots of downtown and the expressways, eerily empty and looking post-meteor-hit-or-nuclear-war-like.P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Betrayed
- One night when she was checking the items on a grocery bill a thought shot into her mind, shining and winking like a meteor.John Steinbeck -- East of Eden
- I am headstrong and I wanted my girls to be able to see the Perseid meteor shower in the darkness of a campsite, so I chose to take them.Jaycee Lee Dugard -- A Stolen Life
- The golden secretary darted through the room like a meteor with a dashing frenchwoman who carpeted the floor with her pink satin train.Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
- The carriage rolled with a thundering noise over the pavement, and every one turned to notice the dazzling meteor.Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- The ball shot like a meteor above the field, flying deep into the surrounding forest.Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
- "I mean, you're like a meteor here.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- Every time I stepped out of the house, I looked up, expecting to see a bomb or a meteor hurtling toward us.Laurie Halse Anderson -- The Impossible Knife of Memory
- It's like, what are the odds of a meteor hittin' this town?Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl -- Beautiful Creatures
meteors = streaks of light in the night sky that result from space rocks burning in the earth's atmosphere
meteor = a streak of light in the night sky that results from small extraterrestrial bodies burning in the earth's atmosphere
meteor = a rock from space burning in the earth's atmosphere
meteors = a rock from space burning in the earth's atmosphere
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