earth
Example Sentences
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The possibility of human goodness or greatness, Forster insisted in a 1791 article, “is not bound to any particular place on earth or to a privileged tribe.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Fragments of bags, clothes, and a melted shoe lie half-buried in the charred earth at the site, alongside dead trees with burned trunks.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
It is the most popular game on earth because it asks for nothing but a ball and other people, and rewards what the strongman cannot abide: cooperation, trust, the surrender of the self.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
"It's just struggling to comprehend how on earth this season has panned out in the way it has," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
‘Very bad. The killing earth that gulps and swallows. The Watchers everywhere. They see you, but you don’t see them. Not till it’s too late.’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing earth
Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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Global Climate Change - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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