Examples of “firmament” in a Sentence

noun The sky, especially thought of as a vast dome or vault overhead.

• Stars scattered across the firmament as night fell.

noun A particular field or sphere of activity, used figuratively.

• the international fashion firmament
• She was a rising star in the political firmament.
• By this time, Seaford was a town of 2,000 people, and, in the next decade, the poultry industry became a rising star in the firmament of economic growth as new housing and feeding techniques were introduced. — Shannon Wiley, Introduction (1999)