as in heavenly
of, relating to, or suggesting heaven
movie scenes depicting life after death are usually accompanied by celestial music
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Recent Examples of celestial
Skygazers in Arizona who look up at the moon tonight may be able to spot a brightly shining planet joining our celestial neighbor in the sky.
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Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Kaspar has never before stood up or seen celestial light.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
In Aquarius, Mercury’s celestial vibration is keen on intellect, technology and the occasional disruptive edge brought on by forward-thinking ideas.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Nailing Hollywood artist Hang Nguyen is responsible for this celestial delight.
—Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
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Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Kaspar has never before stood up or seen celestial light.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
In Aquarius, Mercury’s celestial vibration is keen on intellect, technology and the occasional disruptive edge brought on by forward-thinking ideas.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Nailing Hollywood artist Hang Nguyen is responsible for this celestial delight.
—Rebecca Norris, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for celestial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for celestial
Adjective
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The sequence of Enoch among the heavenly hosts, violent, shattering with Blakeian geometry and color.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Zesty orange biscuits lay atop a bubbling mixture of tart plums, brown sugar, and five-spice in this oh-so-heavenly cobbler.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
20 Jan. 2026
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As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group is torn apart by their inner demons, threatening to turn their angelic encounter into a descent into hell.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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The disparate components are bound by hefty percussion hits and an angelic vocal sample that sounds like trying to remember a distant memory.—
Rae-Aila Crumble,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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An overwhelming number of South Africans of color understand that white people’s lives were not blissful under apartheid either.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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The production is blissful, flowing from the same mystical spring as recent records from Madison Cunningham and Hannah Cohen.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Celestial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celestial. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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