down to earth
Example Sentences
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“This is the type of friend a lot of us wish we had,” Bryon Taylor wrote on Facebook, who described Porter as a funny, cool and down-to-earth person who loved life.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026
He's matter-of-fact, down-to-earth, good-humoured, and straight to the point.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
Templeman avidly avoided the public spotlight, with Branson describing her as a "down-to-earth Scottish lady" and "very private person" who almost never gave interviews.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
An example of Jeff Koons’s fluorescent-lighted vacuum cleaners from his “The New” series—the first and last interesting work he made—seems almost down-to-earth next to his other glittering, stainless-steel baubles here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Cassius was simply a likeable, friendly, clean-cut, down-to-earth youngster.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
