earthward

Example Sentences

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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

Once the falcon strikes, the conjoined birds often spiral earthward, trailing intermittent white clouds of the victim’s feathers.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2018

Heavy smoke choked the air and bits of white ash from the Atlas Peak fire drifted earthward Monday morning as he fretted over the fate of the house his parents bought three decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2017

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

But tempus fugit, as the chiming of the library clock made clear, and since Edward Ashton had left, the time had flown faster than a keen-eyed peregrine falcon swooping earthward for its prey.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood