earthward
Example Sentences
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Walk around the lumbering, top-heavy “Adam,” whose powerful hand echoes Michelangelo’s Sistine ceiling but instead points earthward, and you don’t get a sense of inspired, ideal form, but of matter, growth and transformation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
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
On Wednesday night, in an often bludgeoning debate at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, the New Yorker was forced earthward by a blast of criticism from most of the rest of the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2015
The tiercel appeared in the mist, flew close to her, then dove earthward at a steep angle.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
