Sentence examples for earthward from inspiring English sources
'earthward' is correct and usable in written English
You can use 'earthward' to describe something that is moving or directed toward the earth. For example, "The bird flew earthward, its wings glinting in the sun."
adjective
Towards or in the direction of the earth.
EARLIER this year, a giant solar flare ejected about ten billion tonnes of plasma (hot, electrically charged gas) in an earthward direction at an unfriendly speed of 700-800km a second.
These transient electric fields energize particles to high energy and propel them earthward.
The leading edge of this region reaches the Earth and presses the magnetopause earthward.
Columns of cooled air then sink earthward, striking the ground with strong downdrafts and horizontal winds.
The sudden earthward motion and accompanying increase in strength of the magnetopause current cause an abrupt increase in the magnetic field at the Earth's surface known as the storm sudden commencement.
Also, because the tangential drag on the tail has increased, the tail current moves earthward to increase the force that the Earth exerts on the tail, thus balancing the additional force of the solar wind.
As previously noted, a second boundary forms on the nightside of the Earth as particles drift earthward under the influence of magnetospheric convection (driven by both viscous interaction and reconnection) and then enter the region of strong azimuthal drift.
The skin looks borne earthward, as if it is hanging off its frame.
Because this disturbance is transmitted earthward continuously to every point along the path, there are no sharp disturbances or changes of pressure.
But soon his research interests began to shift earthward.
"It all comes about from the beauty of the working tool," the photographer Steve Pyke says of his forthcoming book, "Earthward" (Nazraeli).
