earthbound
Example Sentences
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As the trees break off or fall, the downed logs become food and cover for earthbound species and eventually decay into nutrients in the soil.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
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
Evolution had usually been thought of in reference to earthbound processes.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024
With a normal earthbound telescope, one can only see the Serpens constellation in the northern part of the celestial hemisphere.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024
He was a businessman, pronounced ztfynessman in his case, a hardworking, earthbound professional, more concerned with inbreeding among the lions than any overarching moral or existential scheme.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
