the horizon

noun

: the line where the earth or sea seems to meet the sky

The sun rose slowly over/above the eastern horizon.

Examples of the horizon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the sun breaks over the horizon, the Valleys of the Kings and Queens slowly emerge below. — Guy Bigiaoui, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

As the moon moves eastwards along that low-sloping path, much of its nightly movement is sideways along the horizon rather than steeply down below it. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026

This phenomenon happens because, on September evenings, the ecliptic—the Sun’s apparent path across the sky, near which the Moon also travels—makes a shallow angle with the horizon in the Northern Hemisphere. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 24 Sep. 2026

Farther down, the levee that restrains the rivers is a low line of trees into the horizon. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the horizon

• spiegeleisen
• mizen