Example Sentences

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But, at least in his paintings, Soutine never sought to escape earthliness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

We try to turn away from our earthliness, but our prayers embody our appetites.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2014

Doll of course denies his earthliness, swears it is carnal knowledge of a fiend she has, and convicts herself of her witchcraft.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of Mrs. Braddon's guests said to me: "That is the soul of music with all its sense and earthliness refined away."

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

He saw that now, since that scene at Bethany the week before, his covetousness and earthliness would be resisted and would also betray him.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus