How to Use horizon in a Sentence

horizon

noun
  • The sun rose slowly over the eastern horizon.
  • We sailed toward the horizon.
  • These discoveries have opened up new horizons in the field of cancer research.
  • With the Aces on the horizon, the Mercury will now face the team for the first time since May 21.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Both will hang above the western horizon in the lead-up to the blood moon.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The restaurant was a hit, but changes were on the horizon.
    — Megha McSwain, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022
  • What else is on the horizon for you in the near future?
    — Gary Graff, cleveland, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Those tend to peak as tax day bulks large on the horizon.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Along with the switch to Disney+ this season, more changes are on the horizon.
    — Calie Schepp, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Look for the planets in the evening, near the western horizon, once the sun sets.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The West Side Market is next door, the cityscape laid out on the near horizon.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The oblique view features Earth’s horizon, known as the limb.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2023
  • In Damon’s case, there’s lots of work left on the horizon.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
  • But hope is on the horizon, and progress is within reach.
    — Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • Go somewhere with a clear view at the sky and look to the east-southeast horizon.
    — oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2023
  • As this clowder of cat eyes comes to a close, there are signs of a few more on the horizon.
    — Thessaly La Force, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2022
  • There’s a ring around the Earth where the sun is starting to peak over the horizon, and above, the inky blackness of space.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Now there's a new option on the horizon, as the Wings claimed Gemel Smith off waivers Jan. 19.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Are there any others on the horizon or is that it for the Crawleys on the big screen?
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022
  • With 2023 on the horizon, there’s already a lot going in the Goose camp.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2022
  • These are the things the industry needs right now, on a two- to five-year horizon.
    — Paul Ford, Wired, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Meanwhile, in the cockpit, all eyes were trained on the horizon.
    — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • With beach days on the horizon, you can’t be caught without one!
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 21 Apr. 2022
  • This is my first day on the new horizon after this movie.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2022
  • At 7:15 the cloud bank began to move east and the western horizon opened up to blue sky.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The weather was clearm with a waning crescent moon hovering low on the eastern horizon, as four humans strapped in for a rocket ride to space.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The longer horizon-hugging bath gives those warm hues more time to develop and persist across a broader swath of sky.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • That is a high-risk bet with a long time horizon.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This was an ongoing test of Claude’s ability to complete tasks on a long time horizon.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Part of what makes portfolio management really hard is that your life is going to change a lot over the course of time horizons.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026

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