Sentence examples for transiting was from inspiring English sources

The first person to observe Venus transiting was a young English clergyman named Jeremiah Horrox, who predicted the transit of 1639 and, poor chap, missed the start of it because he was obliged to conduct an afternoon service.

Transiting was used to great success by Kepler, but the method doesn't allow us to calculate a planet's mass – a critical factor in determining its density and hence its rockiness.

("Transit" was published two years later).

Transit was also snarled and ugly.

But mass transit was not always reliable in this storm.

"The 2012 Venus transit was the last of our lifetime.

A 2004 transit was not visible from the western US.

The vessel transit was aided by two tugs.

One transit was detected.

Mass transit was shut down.

Blazing while in transit was nothing.