earthling
Example Sentences
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“I am an earthling — after that I’m galactic and then I’m universal,” Alejandro Jodorowsky tells me in Spanish from his home in Paris during a recent video call.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
He chronicles his total confusion about the customs and rituals of his earthling “host family.”
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022
But with little conclusive evidence expected to confirm any intergalactic visitations, it remains to be seen whether any earthling minds will change.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2021
So if we're identifying as an earthling, they might call it something else.
From Salon • Nov. 19, 2020
Freak goes, "Beware the Force, earthling," and he stands up in the window and I can see he's got a Darth Vader costume on, except he's not wearing the mask part.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.