How to Use grounded in in a Sentence

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  • Earl said the dads made sure the girls were grounded in the basics.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Part of that would be grounded in the fact that nothing ever took off in the past.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The classes foster a love for reading and are grounded in the power of play.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2024
  • For 34 years, the iceberg stayed put, grounded in the Weddell Sea off the coast of West Antarctica.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The Last of Us are unlikely to think the show is grounded in much reality.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Her gifts of her voice are really clear but it's also grounded in something that comes right out of the earth.
    — Max Berlinger, Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Even the idea that we’d be grounded in the history of Mattel, rather than just fashion, was not something that was a given.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The episode was a reminder that all the show’s CGI fireworks wouldn’t have mattered if the series hadn’t been grounded in emotion, in the hearts and souls of its characters.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Whereas in this film, the action is grounded in reality, and so much of it is in camera.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Sometimes, the most fulfilling rom-coms aren't the sweeping stories, but the ones grounded in the ordinary.
    — James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, Stephanie Kaloi, EW.com, 25 July 2024
  • First and foremost, we are grounded in the principle of being artist-forward.
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Listen to their answers to reveal whether their views are grounded in emotion.
    — Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • In addition, my wife Lori Jordan and our children keep me grounded in love and support.
    — C.r. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The metaphor for the video and song are woven throughout his album, which retells the age-old story of love, loss, and moving on through Smith’s heavy blend of rock grounded in country soul.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2023
  • But Black and Fraction are confident that their story is a human one, grounded in a new take on the films that go beyond the clashes fans have come to love.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2023
  • One thing that James Watkins did a great job with was keeping the character grounded in reality.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Ian was only a handful of years older than me but had already built for himself a beautiful life grounded in faith.
    — Josh Holdenried, National Review, 5 May 2023
  • Each theme was grounded in stylistic imagery, including ’80s fashion, the stars of the American flag and Parisian haute couture.
    — Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 10 July 2024
  • The court’s reasoning to overturn the verdict was grounded in testimony from Daniel Rascher and John Zona.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Brookfield Residential’s success is grounded in one goal: giving people the best places to call home.
    — Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The framing adds nothing, in fact detracting from a story that could stand to be tighter and better grounded in reality.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Amidst the hustle and bustle of revitalization, through waves of changes, historic Garfield remains grounded in its roots.
    — Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Charleston is a thriving centuries-old port, and its food is grounded in the influences of enslaved people from West Africa and beyond who largely built the city from the ground up, grew its crops, and worked and cooked here.
    — Stephanie Burt, Saveur, 8 May 2024
  • Nicks is a devotee of love and an iconoclast; her evocative lyrics are both mythic and grounded in reality.
    — Coralie Kraft, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Their experimental bent works because it is always grounded in the matter-of-fact.
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 11 June 2024
  • Ambitions run high, so make sure your goals are grounded in reality.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • His advocacy on behalf of his clients was straightforward and often blunt, but done without histrionics and always grounded in the facts of the case.
    — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2023
  • What Readers Loved Our readers come to Montana to get away from it all — to experience a way of life that’s slower, easier, and more grounded in nature.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
  • The practice has often been grounded in religious beliefs.
    — Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The 10 women talk a lot about their backgrounds and differences, but members interviewed all say their circle is grounded in the belief that a lot more connects us than divides us.
    — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2024

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