Example sentences for: earthly

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

  • Because there is great diversity among habitats for microbial life on the Earth, and sterility of an earthly soil is rare, it would be desirable to examine as many as possible of these environments to determine the absolute reliability of our techniques for use extraterrestrially.

  • Homer's eyes aren't fixed on the Spielbergian heavens but on earthly means of getting off the ground: the mix of saltpeter and sugar that causes a rocket to soar without exploding, the shape that keeps it from spiraling into populated areas, the thickness of steel that prevents its nose cone from melting, the trigonometry that's employed to track its trajectory.

  • Jerusalem is an ever-changing combination of the earthly and the spiritual.

  • The picture, a perennial favorite on dorm-room walls, may look like a refuge, but van Gogh had lost faith in such earthly habitations.

  • But before she can fly to Vega, Ellie has to face down some earthly obstacles.


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