earthward

Example Sentences

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The Chinese government, China Eastern Airlines and Boeing will all be under pressure to help explain how a plane could speed earthward with such destructive force.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2022

But it was also an act of rebellion – a defiant act of art that boldly rejected the darkness and fear that had kept Europeans gazing earthward for generations.

From Fox News • Apr. 16, 2019

Yet as appealing as it is to see these marquee names pulled earthward, Jackson realizes that she can’t let them descend too far.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2016

They are four games out of the second wild-card spot with 29 to play, a predicament that still leaves them on the earthward side of “dead and buried.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2016

Just as she figured out that the Lysander was plunging earthward in a screaming dive, the increased gravity knocked her cold again.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein