earthward

Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, a cheeky portion of blue-green paint contorts itself into a standing position in the corner, fighting against the weight that urges the rest of the work Earthward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

But suppose someone interferes, deliberately nudging a mile-wide object Earthward.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

We had partly circled the Moon, so as now to approach it from the Earthward side.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry

Ions jetting from the Earthward hub-ends of the rotating rings, yielded their steady few pounds of thrust.

From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.

The Nevian vessel—the sister-ship, the craft which Costigan had seen in mid-space as it hurtled Earthward in response to Nerado's summons—hung poised in full visibility high above the metropolis.

From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)