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Grounded
"Grounded" in a Sentence (13 examples)
Maybe it's his age but his opinions seem a little more grounded in experience than everyone else's.
What I don't like about his films is that they're not grounded in reality.
He's been grounded for a week.
She grounded her students thoroughly in English grammar.
The plane was grounded because of the fog.
Icebergs had been grounded on the beach.
I've been grounded because my mum is angry with me.
My older sister was grounded for coming home too late last night.
Tom was grounded for three weeks.
The airline has grounded its fleet.
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Courageous went down about an hour ago. Glorious also went down toward the end of the battle, cause unknown. Lion is grounded in the shadows of Terschelling, and will not be recoverable. All of the other battlecruisers have medium to heavy damage of one degree or another, with the exception of Renown, which avoided shell damage but took a torpedo at the last moment and is heading home under tow, and, of course, New Zealand, whose sole casualty is a stoker overcome with heat exhaustion.
"Sam, wait. You're not actually grounded. I just want you to be better about listening when I tell you something."
Near-synonyms: prudent, reasonable, sensible, wise; realistic, real; mature; see also Thesaurus:wise
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