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How to use the word down-to-earth in a Sentence?

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The labor market in March came in like a lion with a banking crisis and more layoffs, and is going out like a lamb with a solid jobs report, the labor market is still strong, but it’s gliding slowly back down to Earth.

Daniel Zhao

Found on CNN
1 year ago

She made cooking accessible to the masses, taught viewers simple solutions on how to improve their lives and coaxed great stories out of celebrity guests with her relatable down-to-earth demeanor.

Steve LoCascio

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We love him, he’s down to earth, which I really like. And he has a lot to offer from his past, with his mom and all that. So he’s like the rest of us.

Lettie Davis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I ’m not going to have the highest name ID and I ’m not going to have the most money, but I really enjoy meeting people and I won my state by shaking everybody’s hand three times and going to every single town hall, i did 380 some events. I answered every question. I went to every county fair and festival. I ’m Larry Hogan of Maryland addresses and I ’m kind of a down to earth, tell-it-like-it-is guy. And I think that’s ideally suited for people in New Hampshire. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland addresses the audience at.

Larry Hogan

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

He was the most generous, kind, giving, patient, and down-to-earth person that I could ever meet, he was very hard working.

Muhammed Afzaal Hussain . ''

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He was the most generous, kind, giving, patient and down-to-earth person that I could ever meet, he was very hardworking. He shared whatever he made with his family back home.

Ehsan Shahalami

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They are bringing to the party different means of achieving the whole, he has the experience of knowing where the institution sits and seeing it evolve. The duchess brings this pragmatic awareness of what it’s like to be from a decent, down-to-earth family.

Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I said,' Can I take a picture ?' and Julie Bowen said,' Of course,' and gave me a big hug and we took a picture, they were so down to earth, so genuine, so sweet : Not at all how you might expect a big actor or a big doctor to be -- which they are. They were just so humble, so loving.

Minnie John

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I said,' Can I take a picture ?' and Julie Brown said,' Of course,' and gave me a big hug and we took a picture, they were so down to earth, so genuine, so sweet : Not at all how you might expect a big actor or a big doctor to be -- which they are. They were just so humble, so loving.

Minnie John

Found on CNN
2 years ago

She was the heart and soul of our city. She did everything for our city, she once said when I'm not on stage, I am Linda Solomon next door. I would see Aretha Franklin at Kroger's. I went to the cashier and said,' Did you see Aretha in the produce aisles ?' She said,' She's always here.' She was down to earth, she was unassuming, she was wonderful to work with.

Linda Solomon

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Christopher Jake Stone was down-to-earth, and liked football, to hang out with Christopher Jake Stone friends, and relax, our next football season is going to be dedicated to Christopher Jake Stone.

Aidan Gomez

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The telomeres are the things that are in our chromosomes that are indications of our physical age, so as we age, they get shorter – mine got longer in space, so it was a little bit like the fountain of youth – unfortunately when I got back down to Earth they went back down to where they were.

Scott Kelly

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

He was a very nice guy, down-to-earth, liked by everyone around him.

Adrian Ajao

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It's come back down to Earth, after two to three decades of euphoria, we have a much more mature market where people are indeed more price-sensitive.

James Lally

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Everybody in that cast, they were all so remarkably down to earth, i’m still friends with Jason Alexander (who played George Costanza) to this day.

Patrick Warburton

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I never thought she was a prohibitive favorite, i don't think she ever thought she was a prohibitive favorite. So I think it's, you know, everything's sort of coming down to Earth.

Vice President Joe Biden

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The pope is down to earth, it is good for our leaders to notice.

Lucy Musyoka

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He's a real person. He just seems real, there's a sense of falseness to politicians. It's just his down-to-earth honesty.

Helene Lipe

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Lurou fan is the more ordinary and down-to-earth dish for any Taiwanese, from your mother's version of lurou fan to the one served in a restaurant, it's the one dish we truly can't live without.

Rae Lin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The volumes overshot, and expectations overshot, and now they are coming down to earth.

James Antos

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He was a genius and very down to earth, my mother, who is 87, is a big fan. She said what she likes about him is that he has an edge. Sometimes it is controversial, but that is what makes him real.

Tom Barlow

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

She starts out having some benefits of gender because she is something different, but then starts to feel like a typical politician and gets back down to earth, you do see her starting to frame her campaign as a campaign for women, but that's a narrow campaign, not a winning campaign. You aren't going to win 100% of women.

Packer Gage

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I don't think he [Schock] represents the values of our district very well, he seems to be more interested in raising a lot of money and traveling to Saudi Arabia. This is a farming area and people here would rather see a more down to earth person.

Mark Zalcman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

He's just a racer. I guess that's what I liked about him, he's down to earth, loves his sport.

Jack Hawksworth

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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