Example sentences for: down-to-earth

How can you use “down-to-earth” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Those existential speculations don't derive from the screenplay's source, an archetypal but otherwise down-to-earth 1962 novel by James Jones (who also wrote From Here to Eternity ) about the American invasion of the South Pacific island of Guadalcanal.

  • Yet what makes this place overwhelmingly attractive is its total lack of pretense and completely comfortable ambiance — it remains down-to-earth, genuinely casual, and simply irresistible.

  • What surprised everyone was that he turned out to be a most charismatic campaigner, with a much more down-to-earth touch than Harriman ever exhibited.

  • ) The Enquirer offers this rather down-to-earth explanation of Lucci's win, straight from an Emmy judge: She snagged the trophy because she finally stopped submitting tapes with "overly dramatic" performances and went with something subtler instead.

  • Even in its first edition, his manual was more encyclopedic than others, packed with up-to-date medical and practical advice delivered in down-to-earth prose.


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