How to Use constellation in a Sentence

constellation

noun

• The patient presented a constellation of symptoms.
• A large constellation of relatives and friends attended the funeral.
• The constellation Ursa Major contains the stars of the Big Dipper.
• And Rigel, a star in the same constellation, shines a sharp blue.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• The meteors will be in the northeastern part of the sky by the constellation Perseus.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2023
• The Aquariids constellation is Aquarius, hence the shower’s name, and lies on the ecliptic, the sun’s path in the sky.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 4 May 2023
• Watch for the sky streaks around the Aquarius constellation, but keep an eye on Perseus as well.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
• The radiant for the Lyrids—or the point from where the meteors appear to come—is the constellation Lyra, the harp.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
• Vega is found in the constellation Lyra in the Northern sky.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
• Mercury will be to the lower right of the moon and, above Venus, the bright star Regulus in the constellation of Leo.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• The system is found in the constellation Centaurus and is seen in the southern sky.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
• One evening in late January the sky was so thick with stars that the bones of the constellations blurred into the background.
  — Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Its name comes from the constellation Vela the Sails, which is seen mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.
  — Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
• All star signs are signs of the zodiac—constellations on the ecliptic, a line in the sky that the sun appears to follow.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• The blizzard didn’t let up on the constellation of snow resorts across the Sierra.
  — Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2024
• But most members of satellite constellations glow much brighter than that, at least part of the time.
  — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
• The star cluster is found in the southern part of the constellation Sagittarius.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2023
• The imagery painted on the globes runs the gamut, from constellations to mountains and sea creatures.
  — Laurie Kellman, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2024
• The three bright stars that make up Orion’s belt are the easiest way to spot this constellation.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
• Cantieri di Pisa grew to prominence in the 1960s with a series of motor yachts named after the stars of the Eridanus constellation.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2023
• The devils comet will appear in the constellation of Taurus on April 21.
  — The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
• Smack dab in the middle of the constellation is Trout, the team captain and, at 31, considered by many of his peers as the best position player in the world.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• In early June, mounds of dirt rose above the fresh graves of nearly a dozen 9-and-10 year-olds in the northern section, a constellation of anguish.
  — Tamir Kalifa, New York Times, 24 May 2023
• Many of these constellations are aimed at low earth orbit.
  — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2023
• The constellation of major seismic faults in the state can produce much more powerful quakes than those seen on the East Coast.
  — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• Among the constellations, Orion is best viewed in the winter, and Andromeda can be seen with the naked eye at a dark site during the fall, Johnston said.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
• From the ground, Apophis will resemble a star traversing the night sky, as bright as the constellation Cassiopeia and slower than a satellite.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
• The star map shows the exact position of constellations at a specific time and year.
  — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2024
• To carve up this Insta-worthy display, use a drill to punch the constellation's holes and connect the dots with a standard blade.
  — Megan Stein, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
• Amazon’s Project Kuiper has been approved to launch a constellation of some 3,236 satellites before the decade is out.
  — Khari Johnson, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024