earth

[ɜːrθ]

Definition:
1. The world; the planet that we live on.
2. Land; the hard surface of the world that is not the sea or the sky; the ground.

Use 'earth' in a sentence:

• 1. The sun is constantly evaporating the earth's moisture.
• 2. I must be the happiest person on earth!
• 3. I was shocked, brought down to earth by this revelation.
• 4. The earth is almost 25 000 miles in circumference.
• 5. The island is truly a heaven on earth.
• 6. There were low banks of earth between the rice fields.
• 7. People used to believe (that) the earth was flat.
• 8. People were awestruck by the pictures the satellite sent back to earth.
• 9. The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Earth today.
• 10. Equipment on the space station is teleoperated from Earth.
• 11. The earth was spongy from rain.
• 12. How on earth did that happen?
• 13. The earth is illuminated by the sun.
• 14. The horses' hooves bit deep into the soft earth.
• 15. I must be the happiest person on earth !
• 16. What on earth had Luke done?.
• 17. The age of the earth is reckoned at about 4 600 million years.
• 18. Her husband taught Earth sciences.
• 19. The earth revolves on its axis.
• 20. The god Vishnu was incarnated on earth as a king.
• 21. There was no reason on earth why she couldn't have moved in with us.
• 22. There is no feeling on earth like winning for the first time.
• 23. What on earth are you doing?
• 24. The moon is a satellite of earth.
• 25. The Earth orbits in an ellipse.
• 26. Keep looking ─ they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.
• 27. Biodiversity was the buzzword of the Rio Earth Summit.
• 28. How on earth did that happen?.
• 29. She put some earth into the pot.
• 30. It must have cost the earth.
• 31. A Russian space capsule is currently orbiting the Earth.
• 32. He felt the earth tremble under him.
• 33. When did mammals appear on the earth?
• 34. He wanted to be the fastest man on earth.
• 35. How on earth can she afford that?
• 36. People used to believe the earth was flat.
• 37. She ran him to earth in the pub at five to one.
• 38. After a week at sea, it was good to feel the earth beneath our feet again.
• 39. Nothing on earth would persuade me to go with him.
• 40. The total forest cover of the earth is decreasing.
• 41. Mars takes longer to revolve on its axis than the earth.
• 42. When he came down to earth after his win he admitted: 'It was an amazing feeling'.
• 43. No human being on the face of the earth could do anything worse than what he did.
• 44. Because the earth spins, it is not a perfect sphere.
• 45. The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.
• 46. The nearest star to earth is about 4 light years away.
• 47. Her speciality is maths, earth science, and chemistry.
• 48. It was once thought that the sun travelled around the earth.
• 49. The earth takes a year to orbit the sun.
• 50. The earth revolves around the sun.
• 51. The earth takes a year to make a circuit of the sun.
• 52. The earth rotates around the sun.
• 53. The earth moves round the sun.
• 54. People used to think the earth was flat.
• 55. Water covers a large proportion of the earth's surface.
• 56. The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth.
• 57. The moon exerts a force on the earth.
• 58. You could feel the earth shake as the truck came closer.
• 59. The moon exerts a force on the earth that causes the tides.
• 60. Being totally alone is my idea of hell on earth.
• 61. A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth.
• 62. Mars and Earth have orbits which change with time.