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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The practice has often been grounded in religious beliefs.
    Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But also from my experience in reading your books, they're grounded in research.
    Abc News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • What with all of the puppet creatures, Storm Trooper costumes and spaceships, Chow felt the show needed to be grounded in reality as much as possible.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
  • This series is also designed to start a conversation on how the role of mental health should be grounded in daily business practice.
    Jonathan Kaufman, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Conventional wisdom, grounded in years of research, suggests that the best way to resist unhealthy choices is to think about the long-term consequences.
    Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
  • There’s all sorts of interesting research being done that shows how these systems can and will be made more factually grounded in the future.
    James Vincent, The Verge, 30 May 2023
  • As with the queen, palace aides over the years have shared stories about Charles’s frugality, in his case grounded in ardent environmentalism.
    Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
  • They were grounded in a relatively small number of specific spots.
    Russ Kennedy, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But Lee argues her work is more grounded in the past, drawing inspiration from Korea’s rich culture and history.
    Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The craft, which formerly flew for Norwegian, were grounded in 2019 but fell into further disrepair when the Covid pandemic hit.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • But any recovery for DeSantis will almost certainly be grounded in a strong showing in Iowa.
    Thomas Beaumont and Steve Peoples, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • To this end, I am involved in a research effort that, in addition to studying the clinical and basic sciences underlying bipolar disorder, is grounded in the experiences of those who have the illness.
    Kay Redfield Jamison, STAT, 3 May 2024

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