earthward

Example Sentences

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Walk around the lumbering, top-heavy “Adam,” whose powerful hand echoes Michelangelo’s Sistine ceiling but instead points earthward, and you don’t get a sense of inspired, ideal form, but of matter, growth and transformation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But it was also an act of rebellion – a defiant act of art that boldly rejected the darkness and fear that had kept Europeans gazing earthward for generations.

From Fox News • Apr. 16, 2019

Once the falcon strikes, the conjoined birds often spiral earthward, trailing intermittent white clouds of the victim’s feathers.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2018

Yet as appealing as it is to see these marquee names pulled earthward, Jackson realizes that she can’t let them descend too far.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2016

But tempus fugit, as the chiming of the library clock made clear, and since Edward Ashton had left, the time had flown faster than a keen-eyed peregrine falcon swooping earthward for its prey.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood