earthward

Example Sentences

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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

They are four games out of the second wild-card spot with 29 to play, a predicament that still leaves them on the earthward side of “dead and buried.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2016

And there was the quiet terror that suffused my senses when vast hazes of gold washed earthward from star-heavy skies on silent nights .

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright