earthly

Example Sentences

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Peering light-years into the distance also puts my earthly concerns into perspective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The success is driven in part by a very earthly concern: making airplane wifi more reliable.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

That show was set against giant glowing planets that signalled his ambitions, while Tuesday's looks were rooted in more earthly beauty, particularly the elegance of bird life.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

The Spanish singer's fourth album is an exhilarating - and profoundly moving - exploration of the human condition, that asks why the earthly and the holy have to be so far apart.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

“Brother Fowles, I have no earthly notion. I am a housewife from Georgia.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver