A shooting star streaks across the sky.

Meaning: A meteor or other object moves quickly through the sky, leaving a bright trail behind it.

Choice of Words: Shooting refers to something moving quickly or forcefully through the air. Star is a celestial object that appears as a small, bright point of light in the night sky. Streaks describes the way something moves quickly and leaves a trail or mark behind it. Across indicates movement from one side to the other of something. Sky is the region of the atmosphere and space seen above the Earth.

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A meteor blazes through the heavens.

Meaning: This means that a larger piece of rock or dust from space is burning up and moving quickly across the sky, leaving a bright trail of light.

Choice of Words: Meteor is a larger piece of rock or dust from space that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, creating a bright streak of light. Blazes means to burn brightly. Heavens is a poetic way of referring to the sky.

A fireball races across the firmament.

Meaning: This means that a very bright meteor is moving very quickly across the sky.

Choice of Words: Fireball is a very bright meteor. Races means to move very quickly. Firmament is a poetic way of referring to the sky.

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