earthly

Example Sentences

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In fact, the bulk of this novel is devoted to earthly concerns—Iris’s deepening relationship with Geoffrey and, incongruously, her career aspirations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The success is driven in part by a very earthly concern: making airplane wifi more reliable.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

That show was set against giant glowing planets that signalled his ambitions, while Tuesday's looks were rooted in earthly beauty, particularly the elegance of bird life.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

The Spanish singer's fourth album is an exhilarating - and profoundly moving - exploration of the human condition, that asks why the earthly and the holy have to be so far apart.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Mars has become a kind of mythic arena onto which we have projected our earthly hopes and fears.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan