earthly-minded
Example Sentences
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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)
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
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)
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
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
