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Use on-the-horizon in a sentence

Definition of on the horizon:

  • (figuratively) imminent

Sentence Examples:

On the horizon might be seen the first glimmering of the eruption.

One would have said that an enormous wall was rising upon the horizon ready to close in.

The enemy were at length in front of us, over there, on those hills on the horizon.

And when you sing out 'smoke down low on the horizon to the west!'

Indeed, some little clouds were already visible on the horizon.

In the last scene of the act, a cloud no bigger than a man's hand appears on the horizon.

Carr saw a cloud of smoke upon the horizon.

The clouds hung low on the horizon, and the rains were falling, veiling it from our sight.

And on the horizon of our joy I saw a dark cloud.

About the 20th of January a faint gleam of light on the horizon told of the coming day.

There is usually a streak of illusion or a flash of hope somewhere on the horizon.

Then his vision would lose itself on the horizon stretching out in front of him.

Not a boat on the horizon that could come to his aid!...

And away they flew till the roofs of Solomon loomed on the horizon, directly ahead.

Upon the horizon a few scattered trees lift their slender columns.

I watch for the least light on the horizon.

On the horizon, the hills seemed suddenly to break away.

She imagined a point distant as a low star upon the horizon of the dark.

Soon the morning light would be crimsoning the horizon before his window.

What is that cloud of dust on the horizon?

To fall in love with a passing light on the horizon, madness cannot reach to that pitch.

When he appears upon the horizon whole battalions break into a double.

A light point appeared on the horizon between the dark flood and the blue of the heaven.

Sally Lollipop rose upon the horizon of his middle age.

On the horizon, moreover, closes the long perspective of the sky.

The kings reigned, but ill at their ease, with the rock of Saint Helena on the horizon.

He realized that a political crisis of the first magnitude was visible on the horizon.

On the horizon, moreover, closes the long perspective of the sky.

There's a cloud just dying away on the horizon yonder.

The Goths and the Visigoths of modern civilization are upon the horizon.

And thousands of hands were pointing to a vague spot on the horizon.

The land faded upon the horizon and was lost.

They can make out Boer scouts on the horizon, but no one pays much attention.

And so we will leave the ranch without the slightest cloud on the horizon.

The sound on the horizon had gone on so long now that it seemed normal to John.

Cried John as a dark shape rose on the horizon.

"I fancy that some of them are on the horizon, but too far away to be seen by us."

Soon a mass of dark clouds began to gather on the horizon.

Always Joan was there upon the horizon of his day.

The boat was gone, and there was not a sign of it on the horizon.

Late in the afternoon, however, a few clouds collected on the horizon.

Nothing on the horizon, till about four o'clock a steamer running west on our counter.

We sped on, and could see one of the famous coastal forts on the horizon.

When two bad seasons come in succession, starvation looms on the horizon.

See that drop of molten gold floating on the horizon.

This storm had been long gathering upon the horizon.

Then, sometimes, I can see the ocean like a silver ribbon, lying on the horizon.

It was about four miles away, they estimated, and almost exactly on the horizon.

The aftermath of the sun glowed on the horizon.

On the horizon the clouds begin to lower.

The eye travels direct to the lake, and rests on the horizon.

Toward nightfall smoke again is seen on the horizon.

Gradually the dark line on the horizon crept up towards the ship.

A shade Appears on the horizon's hazy line.

Stafford watched him until he was a mere dot on the horizon.

I am on the horizon of death: he is below it.

That is just about the moment they first burst upon the horizon.

Truth is a sun that rises from different points on the horizon.

I shall eat my dry bread gaily if I see daylight breaking on the horizon.

Then, very far away on the horizon, she saw a thin curl of blue smoke.

I went to the front window, and there was a scarlet glow on the horizon ahead of me.

My sun is low down upon the horizon, and the days of my pilgrimage are almost numbered.

A red glare on the horizon marked the district through which the travelers had to pass.

Darker and darker grew the cloud on the horizon.

Saw some high peaks to the south, far down on the horizon.

It was now nearly three weeks since Roger Barnes had appeared on the horizon.

Frances Sutherland took to examining remote objects on the horizon.

Lodge appeared on the horizon and bade him come.

The sky was soft gray, with faint streaks of yellow on the horizon.

It showed the view to the west, with Alpha on the horizon.

This time, his watery blue eyes picked up two tiny figures on the horizon.

The wooded plains stretched away from sight, and great forests appeared on the horizon.

At last, on the horizon, the hill rose; they approached it: it was iron!

No, by Jove, it looks like a sail of a boat well down on the horizon.

Not a sail was in sight anywhere on the horizon.

Said the other, pointing to a long white line on the horizon.

By the time they had seen all the wonders of the garden the sun was low on the horizon.

The forgotten battle flamed and thundered on the horizon.

As the evening drew on, dark clouds were seen banking up on the horizon.

He was ten miles from the shore, and the blue coast was a dim, ragged line on the horizon.

Suddenly the air on the horizon ahead became clouded.

About the 20th of January a faint gleam of light on the horizon told of the coming day.

All turned their gaze as directed, and observed a dark line on the horizon.

Not many days after that in which these remarks were made a sail was seen on the horizon.

At last, on some happy morning, small clouds are seen on the horizon.

Their hopes thinned away like the light morning mist upon the horizon.

Said the other, turning her eager gaze on the horizon.

That was the darkest cloud on the horizon.

Far on the horizon we could see the clouds rising from a pan in the right direction.

Far in the distance, almost on the horizon line, was the vague outline of a larger vessel.

She was already hull down on the horizon, and was carrying every stitch of sail.

Far off in the distance a white sail glimmered on the horizon.

They were eating breakfast when the light on the horizon announced a new day on the way.

Land was in sight, a vague uneven line rising mist-like on the horizon.

There was a free wind and fine weather, though a little haze on the horizon.

The fourth day arrived and still no sign on the horizon to the north.

At one time a slight cloud appeared on the horizon: another "find" had been located.

Soon after that clouds began to rise on the horizon and spread over the sky.

Two clouds appeared on the horizon of my department.

As soon as day dawned every eye was bent upon the horizon.