earthling

Example Sentences

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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

Recurring nightmares of the planet Mars lead a confused earthling into the center of an intergalactic conspiracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

“She’s anything but. She’s an earthling if there ever was one.”

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli