How to Use grounded in a Sentence

grounded

adjective
  • The Brave and the Bold is a far cry from Chris Nolan’s grim and grounded stylings.
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 29 July 2022
  • In fact, in the world of Netflix Christmas fare, this is one of the more grounded.
    Lizzie Logan, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2022
  • But what pushes The Kids over the top, for me, are the more grounded sketches.
    Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 25 May 2022
  • Being out in the mountains is the one thing that helps me stay grounded and sane.
    Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 16 May 2018
  • The fact that Jonathan wasn’t there kept it very grounded and serious.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Spoken like a grounded (busy) dude who's just waiting for the right girl to come along.
    Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2015
  • And to keep things even more grounded, their major wins will also be wins for the greater good.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Also, be sure to push the floor away from you with the grounded arm to stabilize the scapula.
    Emily Abbate, Esquire, 27 June 2017
  • The more grounded and visceral the writers could make all that, the better.
    Jeff Jensen, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Stay grounded and don’t believe the hype about yourself too much.
    Marc Myers, WSJ, 21 June 2022
  • In her later years, Westwood seemed to tire of the clamor and the buzz around her work and held a more grounded view of the punk movement.
    Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The name of the series refers to its focus on the wild-woman archetype that’s seen as wise, grounded and spontaneous.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Your best bet is to stay grounded while embracing the inevitable changes that are at play.
    Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
  • Instead, Poles has taken a grounded view of the roster.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022
  • To stand on stage and do a very theatrical monologue, but feel so grounded.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • And then being a doula is more an act of service that keeps me very sane and grounded and present in a different way.
    Vogue, 15 Aug. 2017
  • Reeves, takes a more grounded route in exposing the evils of Gotham’s history in The Batman.
    Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The Freep’s Evan Petzold took a deep dive into the numbers and found Greene is, perhaps, a little too grounded.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2023
  • Almost two months later, many airlines remain grounded and short of cash, and are racing to cut jobs as the depth of the downturn sinks in.
    Charlotte Ryan, Bloomberg.com, 31 May 2020
  • For a more grounded look at grandma, Elan had been interviewing her on video once a year for 10 years.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Don't fret—things will start to feel more grounded once the sun debuts in Virgo on Aug. 22, bringing more structure and order to your life.
    Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The Max remains grounded seven months after the second of the two crashes, which killed 346 people.
    David Gelles, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The grounded ice sheet loses mass and starts to float, and, gradually, more water enters the bowl.
    David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The boundary between the grounded ice sheet and its protruding ice shelf will retreat.
    The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Age diversity on your staff makes for a more grounded and well-rounded team.
    Betsy Bertram, Outside Online, 16 May 2018
  • Police came across the grounded vessel just before noon.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Oliver Stone gave us good notes on getting the ending more real and grounded and sad, but there wasn’t the power that Spike and Kevin gave Norman.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 June 2020
  • There is a fight that takes place between Ria and her sister Lena, which is gritty and more grounded than some of the other bigger battle scenes in the movie.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Kaia’s was a grounded childhood, free of the typical trappings of fame.
    Lynette Nylander, Teen Vogue, 16 Aug. 2017
  • There's a songwriting aspect that is very grounded and very simple, but then there's a very complex, very free aspect.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024

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