How to Use earth in a Sentence

earth

noun
  • We could feel the earth shake.
  • The moisture will eventually fall to earth in the form of rain or snow.
  • The band’s tight and down to earth.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This is one of the wettest places on earth.
    — Andy Court, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • Turns out, there’s no greater high on earth.
    — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026
  • So what on earth should Trump do?
    — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • That was fate, and who on earth can stand against fate?
    — Fatima Bhutto, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Pam thumps down to earth, all four chair legs on the floor.
    — Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
  • A bit of rain misted the earth.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • And how survive the earth so long?
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • What is our purpose here on earth?
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The earth is almost in full eclipse.
    — NBC news, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Middle school is hell on earth.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Here on earth or hearts are a bit broken.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • One of the best humans to walk this earth.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Not with the scent of earth in my nostrils.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • One charts the earth, the other the sky.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Apex predators still roam the earth.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Clogs were supposed to be earth-toned.
    — Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
  • This will be the greatest show on earth.
    — ABC News, 31 May 2026
  • Nobody on earth craves the ball more than him.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Would clearing forests warm the earth?
    — Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
  • To grow a garden, first, till the earth.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Something in the earth seemed to loosen its grip.
    — Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That’s no way to live on the earth, either.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • What does that mean for us humans here on earth?
    — June 12, NPR, 12 June 2026
  • Roll up, roll up for the greatest show on earth.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • His eyes hungered over earth and found no sign.
    — Roey Leonardi, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The salt flats in this region are like nowhere else on earth.
    — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Some wondered how on earth the car flipped all the way on its side.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024

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