earthbound
Example Sentences
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For now, the company’s data center ambitions are earthbound, and operating them is very resource-intensive.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
As ever, everything is tethered to what our earthbound brains can imagine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
Evolution had usually been thought of in reference to earthbound processes.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
A brownish-green earth dragon roared from within a dark cave, and a white air dragon cut graceful spirals above its earthbound cousin.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack