earthly
Example Sentences
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“While Peretz was shaping an earthly culture that outrivaled heaven’s in its goodness, others were shaping an earthly culture that outrivaled hell’s in its venom,” she concludes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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 more 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
“Mr. Coroner, I realize that this is not a trial. But the questions being asked now have no earthly relation to the cause and manner of the death of the deceased.”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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