grounded

Example Sentences

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"I think that work ethic is really what keeps me grounded."

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

In one dramatic episode, an American ship, the Philadelphia, was grounded on a reef and captured, but in 1804, the Americans launched a successful mission to rescue her with no casualties.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026

Ryse, Ihm says, encapsulates today’s eclectic lifestyle hotel: “It’s grounded in street culture. We say it’s iconoclastic. It’s youthful in nature.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

He apprenticed in Paris with Constantin Brancusi—who had briefly assisted Auguste Rodin—absorbing a sculptural vocabulary grounded in direct carving and essential form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

When it grounded itself on the shore, Osh helped pull it higher up, and I waited as more survivors stumbled out.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk