Example sentences for: astronomers

How can you use “astronomers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • There he established a school of navigation that attracted astronomers, cartographers, and other leading scientists of the day.

  • Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.

  • A story says that many astronomers now deem Pluto too small to be a planet and want it reclassified as a large asteroid.

  • The figures behind represent noted explorers, map-makers, and astronomers whom Prince Henry mobilized in order to launch Portuguese ships into the history books.

  • Prince Henry — made governor of the Algarve in 1418 — had the money, influence, enthusiasm, and vision to lead and cajole the best astronomers, cartographers, boat-designers, and seamen of the day to expand Portugal’s maritime horizons.


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