adjective
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of earthly origin
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human; mortal
Etymology
Origin of earthborn
Example Sentences
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Cried the News: For the treatment of cancer, technical men have devised huge and intricate electrical X-ray machines, but few have been able to approximate the pure, short gamma ray of earthborn radium.
From Time Magazine Archive
The obvious contrast between earthborn Billy and skyborne Kes is stressed to the breaking point and beyond.
From Time Magazine Archive
The seaborne women settled down on the land while the earthborn men roamed the oceans and found other mates in foreign parts.
From Time Magazine Archive
To escape the pull of gravity, an earthborn body would have to take off at terrific speed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instantly, the scorched-air smell sizzled up from the spot like an earthborn bolt of lightning, and at the same second the riverbank exploded.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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