earthlike

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Let us try to reconstruct the possible evolution of Venus from an earthlike beginning to its present state.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

“It seems possible to make it earthlike, but there's a lot of barriers to overcome,” Toon said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2015

Perhaps 0.000001 per cent exists in earthlike planets.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 6, 2015

Or was the origin of winged insects, flying mammals like bats, and the roughly 10,000 species of birds that use earth’s atmosphere, simply a one-off evolutionary fluke likely never to repeat on another earthlike planet?

From Forbes • Jun. 27, 2014

Though mixed up with what was rude and earthlike, there was still a remote, dreamlike, Arcadian charm, which is scarcely to be found in the daily toil of other lands.

From The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni by Hawthorne, Nathaniel