How to Use ground in a Sentence

ground

1 of 3 noun

• She drove a spike into the ground.
• The flight was watched by many observers on the ground.
• They built their house on high ground.
• They built their house on bare ground.
• An apple fell to the ground.
• They were lying on the ground.
• Each fall the birds return to their wintering grounds.
• Mechanical problems kept the plane on the ground.
• We realized that we were on hallowed ground.
• Guests, meanwhile, spent the day enjoying the camp grounds including the pool and the blob on the lake.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• Aim at a safe backstop like a target, berm, or soft piece of ground, and shoot.
  — Anthony Licata, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
• Echo The Bottom Line Doesn't always thrill, but breaks new ground.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2024
• To achieve a bold, blue hue to French hydrangeas, try tweaking the soil with coffee grounds.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
• Kung Minkoff stood her ground, and the two’s relationship frayed for a bit longer.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
• Images from the city show structures reduced to twisted piles of wood and trees on the wet ground.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
• Still, a handful of US states broke ground on new charger sites last fall.
  — Aarian Marshall matt Simon, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
• Russia has made much of how its troops have held their ground elsewhere.
  — Jamey Keaten, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
• Ryan Seacrest is heading back to his old stomping grounds.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
• Arceus was new ground for the franchise: the first open-world game in the series, something for which fans had long clamored.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024
• Or the smothered ground game, which managed a mere three yards, its worst total since 2018.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• Yellow 1/4 cup of ground turmeric works for yellow on white and brown eggs.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2024
• The only ground that seemed to be breaking was underneath those of us on the picket line.
  — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2023
• The arena has a ground lease — meaning Monumental owns the arena and the city owns the land below it.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
• Set against a cobalt-blue ground, Words at Play is a sprawling poem, not unlike the show’s opening work.
  — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
• Literature loves lists, and there is a lot of ground to cover.
  — Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2024
• With swaps like ground turkey and cottage cheese, this tasty dish is still perfectly cheesy and rich.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024
• After all, for the Gen-Zers on the festival grounds, No Doubt is probably the band that their parents grew up on.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 14 Apr. 2024
• Plus, the fertile grounds supply the hotel's restaurant with most, if not all, of its fresh fruit, vegetables, and herbs.
  — Lindsay Tigar, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2023
• Most recipes start with a tangy buttermilk batter ramped up with one or more flavors of jam and a flurry of ground spices.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2023
• Any hostages kept in the compound would have had little sense of time below ground, or of the destruction taking place on the surface.
  — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024

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ground

2 of 3 verb

• They grounded the ship on a sandbar.
• Bad weather grounded his flight.
• The plane was grounded by mechanical problems.
• Set these designs against a bare nail to ground the look.
  — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
• The gas balloons were the only things in the sky as planes were still grounded.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• Barnes swung at the first-pitch, a down-and-away sinker, and grounded weakly to third to end the inning.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Even with all of the demands on her, Sam has stayed quite grounded.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• The next batter, Matt Vierling, grounded out to the right side to bring Greene home for a 5-4 lead.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
• As Seales was due to fly from Italy to the U.K. with the scrolls, a storm hit, grounding all commercial flights.
  — Will Henshall, TIME, 21 Oct. 2023
• First, soybeans are soaked and ground with water, to make soy milk.
  — Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
• Betts grounded out to third base in the first inning on a down-the-middle fastball.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• While the plane landed safely, the FAA grounded 171 Max 9 jets.
  — Danny Lee, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
• Phillips got cleanup batter Joey Meneses to ground out and retired the side in order in the eighth.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
• The left-hander got Tony Kemp to ground out to second baseman Zach Remillard to end the threat.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2023
• Gabriel Arias grounded out to start the ninth before Myles Straw lined out to center field.
  — Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• Be grounded enough to put a few eggs in the defensive basket, as well.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
• If the flimsiness of it all came from a teenager, they would be grounded for a month.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
• The plane was grounded for three days in the Sri Lankan capital while the aircraft was sprayed with rat poison.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The Cubs increased their lead to 7-5 when Ian Happ grounded into a forceout.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2023
• Her Dog Seyfried explained that Finn helped ground her in a career where there are so many unknowns.
  — Celeste McCauley, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
• Doval got Josh Naylor to ground out and then held Cleveland scoreless with a strikeout in the top of the 10th before Wade’s walk-off.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
• Even though it’s grounded on a one-acre site, the woodsy retreat has major treehouse vibes.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 June 2023
• Just weeks after it was grounded, the Boeing 737 MAX 9 is back in service.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
• Use a single neutral statement item in your space to ground your flowery walls.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Feb. 2024
• Cece, the brand’s signature scent, is grounded with notes of cedarwood smoke, sweet cardamom, and white leather.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• The Rockies increased their lead to 5-0 when Kris Bryant grounded into a double play.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2023
• Brett Butler grounded to second, but the Dodgers were unable to turn the double play, putting runners on first and third with one out.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• In the aftermath, Cruise grounded its entire fleet of robotaxis to earn the public’s trust again.
  — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
• Rafael Devers had a two-out single in the sixth then Justin Turner grounded into a force out.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
• Although the former pair broke up a few months later, Reese opened up about how her time with Fletcher kept her grounded.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024

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ground

3 of 3 adjective

• In this case, the ends of the workpiece have been carefully ground square to the sides.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2023
• Push aside the bagel mixture, and beat 6 eggs in the side of the bowl with a big pinch of salt and some freshly ground black pepper.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
• Even a pinch of freshly ground black pepper would be great.
  — Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme, Bon Appétit, 17 July 2023
• Whole nutmeg can usually be found in the spice aisle next to the pre-ground options.
  — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2020
• Or, if your coffee beans are pre-ground, just place them in water.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
• Instant coffee is weak and sludgy, and the pre-ground grocery store stuff drinks more like a tap on the shoulder than a kick in the pants.
  — Popular Science, 22 June 2020
• The drug has also been found in flour bags, ground coffee cans and buffet-style pans filled with food.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2023
• Add salmon and pulse until roughly chopped (be sure the fish isn’t too finely ground).
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• Green Roads Hemp Flower Coffee comes pre-ground in a 12-ounce bag.
  — Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
• See below for some pre-ground coffee options in both light and dark.
  — Elizabeth Wallace, CNN Underscored, 5 Aug. 2020
• Remove from the heat, then season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  — Kat Craddock, Saveur, 6 Dec. 2023
• Pre-ground coffee will lose its flavor and aroma over time.
  — Myo Quinn, Good Housekeeping, 22 June 2020
• Sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper and sea salt.
  — Jan Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2024
• Add the flour, confectioners’ sugar and salt, and pulse until the nuts are very finely ground.
  — Genevieve Ko, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• This bundle includes five 12-ounce, pre-ground bags of unique blends ranging from the rich, dark Night Owl to our favorite, the Early Bird light roast.
  — Tess Garcia, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
• The knife is complete after wood and metal surfaces have been ground flush to each other and polished.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
• Halva is a rich, flaky Middle Eastern candy made from ground sesame seeds.
  — Leah Silverman, Town & Country, 13 Mar. 2023
• The flavor loses some of its body when using finely ground coffee.
  — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• Machines without a grinder require you to pack pre-ground espresso into the brewer.
  — Lizzy Briskin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
• Maya enjoys her daily cup (s) of coffee and is convinced the key to a tastier cup is freshly ground coffee beans.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2023
• Don’t forget some liquid smoke and freshly ground black pepper, too.
  — Brittany Natale, Women's Health, 2 Aug. 2023
• Both the freshly ground and pre-ground beans produced a solidly delicious cup of coffee.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
• Cons Single-serve pods can be more bitter than freshly ground coffee beans.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• Though complex in flavor and scent, allspice is a singular berry, dried and sometimes ground.
  — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2023
• Rub both sides of the steak with a little olive oil, then generously season it all over with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2023
• Process almonds, sugar, and butter in the food processor until the almonds are very finely ground, and stop to scrape the sides of the bowl every 30 seconds or so.
  — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 21 Feb. 2023
• Compared to whole muscles, pre-ground venison results in a drier texture after it’s been thawed and cooked.
  — Jack Hennessy, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
• In a large bowl, combine ground beef, onion, carrot, garlic powder, ground black pepper, breadcrumbs and egg.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2024
• Each calendar comes with a dozen 1.8-ounce bags—choose between either whole bean of freshly ground coffee.
  — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
• Make a well in center and add eggs, milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, and paprika.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024