noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
open to the sky/air/elements
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Many of the tombs had been robbed and left open to the sky.
praise sb/sth to the skies (= praise someone or something very much )
sky lightened
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As the sky lightened , we were able to see where we were.
sky marshal
the night sky
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We looked up at the stars in the night sky.
the sun is high/low in the sky
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They walked until the sun was low in the sky.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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The Moon has no atmosphere, and photographs taken on the Moon's surface show a black sky .
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Over a thousand tons of red hot metal shrapnel from the exploded ship rained dawn with the rocks from a black sky .
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It is a beautiful night, a full moon and a few bright stars against the black sky over the Heath.
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They were set not on black sky , however, but on a brilliantly painted mural which covered the dome.
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Just boring brown rock and shadows black as the sky .
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She saw the lights of the mill and the sulfuric clouds making yellow animal shapes against the black sky .
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Over her shoulder the stars twinkled in the black sky .
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He was examining the stars: hot white stars in a black sky .
blue
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Being surprised by opinion polls is like being taken aback by blue skies .
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He was walking home in a thick fog, wondering when the crisp, blue skies of autumn might appear.
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For the first time that holiday, the sun shone in an unbroken blue sky .
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Brilliant blue skies and unseasonably balmy weather prevailed.
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A bad weather front feeling its way over from the west like a nasty white octopus in the blue summer sky .
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The downside is that if you channel your thought too much, you might never see the blue sky .
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Clear blue skies mean you bake all day and freeze all night.
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He made the most of the clear patches of brilliant blue sky fleetingly appearing through the white storm clouds.
clear
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A slender new crescent moon lay on its back high in the clear night sky .
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The days were hot, filled with relentless sunshine and clear skies .
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The day was idyllic, with clear blue skies and temperatures up in the shirt-sleeves.
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At a great distance, the ghostly frost of a snow peak seemed suspended from the clear sky .
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She looked up at the clear sky .
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The mountains were etched against the clear , brilliant sky .
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The clarity of light throws everything into sharp relief against a backdrop of clear blue sky .
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Desert areas on Earth often have wide diurnal temperature ranges due to nighttime radiative cooling through very clear skies .
cloudless
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The Moon in a cloudless blue sky is visible directly above the spacecraft.
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And here at the equator, we noted, it was 85 degrees, with cloudless sky and tropical breezes.
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Today she didn't even glance at the cloudless blue sky .
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A blistering July sun, a cloudless blue sky and the wine-dark seas without even a ripple to show for themselves.
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These days, the earth bakes beneath the cloudless midday sky , and the vegetation on the mountainsides turns a mournful brown.
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By day you can see for miles, and at night the moon shines brightly out of cloudless skies .
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The morning of December 31, 1862, came on with a cloudless sky and a ringing, frosty air.
cloudy
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Britain's cloudy skies are only partly to blame for this poor performance.
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He looked around, but the streets were empty, cloudy skies indifferent.
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As she did so, the windscreen reflected the cloudy sky back at her as a white sheet.
dark
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He stood against them, watching the dark western sky and the ash-blue cumulus now edged with brilliant white.
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There was a clear, dark sky .
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But he saw nothing, nothing but dark sky: The oxygen mask was filled with sweat.
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The darker the sky , the better chance of seeing the comet, he said.
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The stirring of their twigs against the dark , travelling sky Is the oracle of the earth.
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Three minutes before the dark , ominous skies unleashed a fury of rain and thunder.
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Floating through a dark blue sky .
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Black fragments of tombs rose up on either side of the road, silhouetted against the still not quite dark sky .
grey
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We saw dead volcanic lakes, grey under the grey sky .
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Beyond the police cars and their orange barrier, smoke veined with flames smudged the grey sky .
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Pouring rain and flat grey sky outside.
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The rain stops and the grey skies begin to clear.
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There was no definite horizon line and the castle seemed to be hanging in the grey sky like a mirage.
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A monochrome landscape, grey under a low grey sky , its horizons blurred by a grey haze.
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The grey and stormy skies made them if anything greener.
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The countryside looked like some vision of hell; white, silent fields and black trees against a grey sky .
high
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As the sun rose higher in the sky the shadow shortened until noon, when it disappeared at the sixth hour mark.
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Standing between the high gray sky and the pocket-sized pool, I feel omnipotent.
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The sun was high in the sky now and he could feel the heat of it on his head and shoulders.
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Those arriving high in the sky descend by banking sharply on out-stretched wings, then spiral down.
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Take me with you, wind, high over the sky .
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The lights were bright and yellow-white, and seemed very high in the sky .
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The moon is also higher in the sky during the winter months.
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The Galaxy was high in the sky and its misty lens shape stretched lazily from horizon to horizon.
low
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The sun was low in the sky as we worked our way carefully down the descent slopes and gullies.
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Rolling on to her back, she stared unhappily at too many clouds that raced each other across the low sky .
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The sun is low in the sky and the mood of the afternoon is sleepy and unfixed.
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It was a cold winter's day with the sun still low in the sky .
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A monochrome landscape, grey under a low grey sky , its horizons blurred by a grey haze.
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It hung lower in the sky , nearer, more golden, since now she loved and was loved.
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It was early afternoon but the sun was already low in the sky , the air as chilly as Dowd's welcome.
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The sun was now very low in the sky , and the urgency of the situation was clear.
open
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The photographer's glance alights on small details of foliage or suddenly sweeps upwards to the open sky .
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But Janir seemed content, even fascinated, to be under the open sky .
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Now Jaq understood the function of that helmet he had seen the Governor wearing out at the spaceport under the open sky .
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Part of it was open to the sky , so that a wedge of scalding light fell into the gloom.
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The windows were open and the sky was dark.
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The chancel is open to the sky .
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Now I can see rooftops outside the windows as well as open sky .
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They bend their heads right back until their faces are entirely open to the sky .
■ NOUN
evening
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There are a few planets in the evening sky , though.
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A little bit of thunder rolled through the evening sky , far off.
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She thought of evening skies , the silhouettes of lonely birds against the sun, and tired land.
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The soft light of dusk was thinning, leaving trees and buildings blackened agalnst the evening sky .
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Frith lies in the evening sky .
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Not for its elegance did I come to love the evening sky , hellish red with the gathering souls.
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It was not quite dark yet and the evening sky on the high tops was still aglow with delicate pastel shades.
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A magnificent privet bird stood silhouetted against the evening sky .
morning
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Above him vast silver dirigibles moved in the morning sky , great black crates strung beneath them.
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As the sun rose higher into the morning sky , circuits went inside her greymass, flaring up and dwindling to ash.
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Under the clear summer morning sky the traffic thickens.
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The ashen flat morning sky reflects pewter.
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He dropped the remnant carcase of his prey and pushed up into the fresh morning sky .
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A dark shape stood silhouetted against the bright morning sky .
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The morning sky was blue as yet but storm clouds were gathering and the wind seemed on the change.
night
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A slender new crescent moon lay on its back high in the clear night sky .
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But more telescopes are needed to provide continuous coverage of the night sky at all latitudes.
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A sudden boom followed in its wake, a new parachute flare splitting the night sky - a red target flare.
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For a time Kathy stood gazing at the night sky .
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Above the village, almost invisible against the velvet shroud of the night sky , something huge silently blotted out the stars.
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Then he slumps forward, face down, turned away from the last bit of dim illumination offered by the night sky .
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The plane slipped easily down out of the night sky on to the Doha runway.
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Such a perfect green disk under such a perfect night sky .
summer
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Her eyes, no longer hidden behind glasses, looked large and blue as a summer sky .
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I stood on that porch listening to the silence, watching the white clouds in the dark blue summer sky .
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Let the summer skies hold off, for the moment.
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A bad weather front feeling its way over from the west like a nasty white octopus in the blue summer sky .
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You have eyes as hot and sensuous as a blue summer sky .
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The black clouds had parted to show between them shreds of summer sky turned sickly green.
■ VERB
darken
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Dragons so numerous that their wings darkened the sky descended on the Chaos Host.
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The Air Force intends the F-22 stealth fighter to be the grimmest perdition to darken the skies since mythological times.
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A cloud passes over the sun, darkens the sky , and we are both reflected in the green.
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On screen, a glowing rocket climbs into the darkened sky .
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The ash-fall was thick enough to darken the sky , and about half a centimetre accumulated on the ground.
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It ignores her, and looks philosophically out the window at the darkening sky .
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Straight away a great flock of wild crows came flying towards her, enough to darken the sky .
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The virtual disappearance of the moon glow then lights up the stars in the darkened sky .
fall
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No more snow had fallen , the sky was still overcast but the air was crisp and a little warmer.
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But small rocks fall from the sky much more frequently.
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As for the money - it will fall from the sky .
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A cold rain was beginning to fall , the sky to the east was very dark.
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Money was falling from the sky quicker than Fielding could catch it.
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About a quarter mile offshore, birds are falling from the sky .
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It was as if she had fallen out of a generous sky .
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We prayed for rain at supper every evening, and for three months not a single drop fell from the sky .
fill
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The glow fills the sky from the east until the edge of the sun lifts up above the edge of the ocean.
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It underwent a major restoration -- extensive filling in of painted sky and backdrop -- about 14 years ago.
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The incandescent circle overhead expanded until it filled the entire sky .
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The second lobe looms overhead until it fills most of the sky .
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When I heard the clatter of horse's hooves, it seemed an enormous, ringing sound, filling the empty sky .
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Even as it was, the glare of the Earth, filling half the sky , drowned all but the brighter stars.
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Within an hour the whole line was pouring out shells, filling the night sky with a dense traffic of metal.
light
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This burning, lighting up the sky , would be seen from afar.
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The setting sun has lit up the western sky .
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The taxi was destroyed in a huge fireball which lit up the night sky and showered red-hot debris for 150 yards.
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In the front was a guardian of brazen hue and dragon form lighting the skies with his radiance.
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An enemy flare was lighting up the sky at the other end of the village, probably over No. 6 Commando positions.
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After rolling on the sand in excruciating pain until stars lit up the sky , he relieved himself for a good half-hour.
look
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I didn't look up at the sky .
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What a day! Look at that sky !
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She looks up at the sky and says thank you.
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Then he exhaled and looked up at the sky and watched his breath leave him.
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He looked up at the sky .
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I looked up at the sky and the terror returned, this time more strongly.
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Ace found herself looking up at the sky .
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Yolanda looks up at the sky .
rise
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As the sun rose higher in the sky the shadow shortened until noon, when it disappeared at the sixth hour mark.
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Yet new buildings were rising toward the sky all over town; steam shovels and giant cranes worked double-time.
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He looked across the sea: a faint glimmer of pale light was rising in the midnight-blue sky .
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The red sun warmed him as it rose in the sky , and that brought him pleasure.
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She ran through the last few streets and saw with relief the familiar tall building rising against the night sky .
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Same mammoth grandstands rising into the sky .
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The moon rose high in the sky and shone unfalteringly into the woods, a silver goddess that I felt like worshipping.
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He put these thoughts behind him, as the golden crescent of Saturn rose in the sky ahead.
stare
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Up, up, up, staring into the sky , Whitney rising behind her.
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I sank down in the chintz-covered chair and stared out at the sky through the window opposite me.
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He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder.
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Aaron sat on the roof and stared at the sky .
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Peach lay back and stared at the sky .
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I love you! she yelled silently, staring up at the skies .
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He wanted to stare at a free sky .
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He stared up into the sky , his vision pulsing.
watch
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He stood against them, watching the dark western sky and the ash-blue cumulus now edged with brilliant white.
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When I finished up at Mrs James's, I ran down the street and watched the sky .
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There were a lot of humans on it, and most of them were watching the skies .
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He watched the sky and pretended he was a winner.
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As a kid in Tehran, I spent hours watching the night skies and became fascinated by the vertical dimension.
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We just went on sitting there, blown by the gusty wind and watching the sky where the plane had disappeared.
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The first is to watch the skies !
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As she watched the skies , half fascinated, half terrified, the planes shimmered and were gone.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
heavy sky/clouds
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But towards morning heavy clouds spread across.
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Dark heavy clouds were crawling across the sky, blotting out the stars.
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Looking northwards towards the end of the dale, she frowned to see the accumulation of heavy clouds above the moors.
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The heavy clouds that had gathered about the summit of Mont Blanc boiled from within.
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Under dark, heavy clouds, I returned to the den on the river.
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While they slept, heavy clouds swirled over the valley in massed ranks and the snow began to fall.
pie in the sky
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Any talk of getting a reasonable response from the terrorists is just pie in the sky.
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Building a baseball field downtown is just pie in the sky right now.
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But that's all pie in the sky.
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Do not be deceived into throwing away a decent offer in pursuit of pie in the sky.
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Eventual payment was promised at the rate of 5Op per deal, but this proved pie in the sky.
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I was promised the pie in the sky by and by.
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So much pie in the sky, she remembered thinking later.
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What used to be pie in the sky when you die has, quite rightly, become pie now, please.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The sky turned dark just before the storm.
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The rocket shot up into the sky .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Just being in the same sky with them made me nervous.
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She ran through the last few streets and saw with relief the familiar tall building rising against the night sky .
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The sky is full of tears tonight.
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The darker the sky , the better chance of seeing the comet, he said.
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The island has no roads, one cellular phone and a fresh water supply that comes from the sky .
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Two searchlights came on, brilliant sticks of light, prodding the sky .
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We all share the same sky and the same passion, which is to see our joint projects take to the air.
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Yolanda looks up at the sky .