terra firma

Example Sentences

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“I’m a monster,” Ruby exclaims after a destructive mishap on terra firma, sending the needle on the viewer’s gauge for puberty metaphors flying into the red.

From New York Times

But he is made for the moment, having had a sympathetic history with the Skrulls, a shape-shifting race of interplanetary refugees, and back on terra firma.

From Los Angeles Times

But neither situation can be viewed outside of where the men stood on the shifting plates of the cable news terra firma.

From New York Times

I am ecstatic over it, but there’s also part of me that maintains that I must keep my feet firmly planted on the ground, on terra firma, on Earth.

From New York Times

Even if my neighbors won’t hold my sweaty hand, at least I have two armrests to clutch until we reach smooth air or terra firma.

From Washington Post