earthling
Example Sentences
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They say satellites could indirectly affect U.S. earthlings by, say, brightening the night-time sky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The landers are the latest sign that we earthlings are resuming lunar exploration after a half century of neglect following the end of the U.S.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024
But this is not 1961, a time when earthlings weren’t concerned about spreading their biological junk off planet.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2024
The best earthlings could do was slow the microbes’ release until scientists developed a countermeasure.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023
We earthlings are supremely well adapted to the environment of the Earth because we grew up here.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
