earthly-minded
Example Sentences
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This was the sin of the moral, but worldly, the amiable, but earthly-minded, young man.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by Shedd, William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer)
Three hours only were accorded to this earthly-minded woman to prepare for death.
From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
He is a carnal, earthly-minded man, and therefore cannot find enjoyment in such meditations.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by Shedd, William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer)
It would exist only as a phase of me when I was in a certain mood; and when I was earthly-minded, passionate, or troubled, it would be _no_where.
From Wilfrid Cumbermede by MacDonald, George
That life will no longer be worldly or in the course of ordinary earthly-minded men.
From How to Live a Holy Life by Orr, Charles Ebert
