earthling

Example Sentences

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In return, the boy wants little to do with her or any other earthling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

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

Then the strange little dude jerks himself around and he catches sight of me and he lifts a crutch and points it up at my heart and he goes, "Identify yourself, earthling."

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick