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.
  • Trump is long past that horizon.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Hey, this is a brief dark cloud on your horizon.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
  • That is a high-risk bet with a long time horizon.
    Katica Roy, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This is just a dark cloud on your horizon, very brief.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Find a north-facing view with a clear horizon.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Try somewhere with a view of both the east and west horizons.
    Alyssa Andrews, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • With beach days on the horizon, you can’t be caught without one!
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 21 Apr. 2022
  • So try to find a high point with clear views of the western horizon.
    ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The canyon stretched from horizon to horizon.
    Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Both will be low in the sky, so timing and a clear horizon are key.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Both will hang above the western horizon in the lead-up to the blood moon.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The short answer is time horizon.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
  • In most cases, though, the lights start as a mild arc along the north horizon.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Look above the west-southwest horizon.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The four of them now plan in five-, seven-, and 10-year horizons.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Fans will be happy to know that its next chapter is on the horizon.
    Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 17 Apr. 2022
  • All this is just a temporary dark cloud on your horizon.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
  • This is just a temporary dark cloud on your horizon.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Hatchling sea turtles use the bright sea horizon to find the ocean.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026
  • This is a temporary dark cloud on your horizon.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The oblique view features Earth’s horizon, known as the limb.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Salt in the air, boards stacked against walls, and a horizon that doesn’t care about your résumé.
    John Winsor, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Changes on the horizon have been brought into focus by the queen’s death.
    Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Hallmark has a new movie — with a strong message — on the horizon!
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
  • What about the time horizon for this high-return scenario?
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, in the cockpit, all eyes were trained on the horizon.
    Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022

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