How to Use terrestrial in a Sentence

terrestrial

adjective

• The toad has terrestrial habits, spending most of its time on shore.
• In a sign of the times and the end of terrestrial talk radio, the announcement was issued on Twitter.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Oct. 2022
• Tracking these new aphids might just be the key to terrestrial success.
  — Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022
• The systems are of course built to resist rust, but so are terrestrial panels, which are exposed to rain.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2023
• The grounding line is where the terrestrial ice sheet reaches the sea and begins floating, becoming the ice shelf.
  — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
• The majestic species is the largest terrestrial bird in North America with a wingspan of about 9 feet.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2023
• Many bromeliads are terrestrial epiphytes that do great in the ground, or in pots sunk into garden beds.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022
• Just 4% are terrestrial, or rocky planets like Earth or Mars.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Mar. 2022
• The switch from terrestrial to satellite service should be seamless for the user.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 26 Aug. 2022
• In any terrestrial ecosystem, a fresh pile of poop is an entire universe.
  — Christie Taylor, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2024
• New Zealand was once a land of flightless birds like the extinct moa—no terrestrial mammalian predators in sight.
  — Rina Diane Caballar, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• And the lens cap doubles as a smartphone adapter so that kids can show off images of their cosmic and terrestrial explorations.
  — Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
• The conductor size of a subsea or terrestrial cable affects the cost of the cable system.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022
• In act 1, the group members prepare for departure, savoring their last chances to have a drink or go for a terrestrial jog.
  — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
• It’s much harder to know who is listening in and when with terrestrial radio.
  — Paul Kelly, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
• But without terrestrial borders, how close is too close in space?
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
• This allows microfibers to enter air and soil, and to be transferred to soil organisms and up the terrestrial food web or taken up by crops.
  — Judith Weis, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2024
• Meanwhile, put all the extra-terrestrial rumors to rest.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2023
• Maren, Mickey and Kacey have all found ways outside of terrestrial radio to gain audiences and find their own paths.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 31 May 2022
• But at the moment Zoe Saldaña, a 45-year-old mother of three, is focusing on more terrestrial roles – on-camera and off.
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 14 July 2023
• His thoughts frequently strayed from the terrestrial world.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 28 Mar. 2022
• The satellite will be able to see through storm clouds and accurately measure the height of flood waters when terrestrial gauges are submerged.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Once it's thought of as a global food crop (aquatic, rather than terrestrial), it could be treated much the same way, tweaked for color, taste, and protein content.
  — Katherine Martinko, Treehugger, 25 Jan. 2023
• Tens of millions of years ago, cetaceans’ ancestors rejected terrestrial life in favor of the open ocean.
  — Daniel Leonard, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2022
• Rabies is endemic in Rhode Island and the state has had terrestrial rabies since 1994.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• And tempted by the idea that there was a better way to travel, these traders took to the seas, which weren’t as affected by the tolls and the bandits that were always involved in the traditional, terrestrial trade.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2023
• Every move InSight has ever made has been tested hundreds of times or more on its terrestrial twin.
  — Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• In Africa, for example, only a few terrestrial records exist that stretch back two million years.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2022
• When dinosaurs dominated terrestrial ecosystems, the largest mammals topped out at the size of a badger.
  — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2022
• Very few of us will ever actually do a spacewalk, but the Bay Area is full of terrestrial hikes that will take you to noteworthy landmarks in the history of air and space.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024