Sentence examples for a greater circle from inspiring English sources

This Thanksgiving seems to be falling in a greater circle of tumult than others, making it hard to appreciate all the good that's happened, when world events suggest there is so much more good that needs to be done.

A hawk soared in a great circle around them.

This projection, a great circle, is called the celestial equator.

She drove two cars, had a good income and a great circle of friends.

(Any line of longitude, for example, is a great circle, but all lines of latitude except the equator are not).

"The birds are doing the right thing if they are following a great circle," Dr. Alerstam said.

Ignoring this advice, my plan was to spend 10 days driving in a great circle around the country.

Azimuth is the number of degrees clockwise from due north (usually) to the object's vertical circle (i.e., a great circle through the object and the zenith).

The academy settled on the length of 1/10,000,000 of a quadrant of a great circle of Earth, measured around the poles of the meridian passing through Paris.

She hangs from her knees from the set, pulled into a great circle as it turns, casually picking up a fellow performer as she goes.

Through the course of a year the Sun slowly traces out a great circle, known as the ecliptic, against the rotation of the celestial sphere.