How to Use the ground in a Sentence

the ground

noun

• Some of the shots were fired while the victim was on the ground.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
• The ball must be touched to the ground for points to be awarded.
  — Samuel O’Neal, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2024
• The 13-year-old’s older sister shoved the boy to the ground.
  — Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
• The fourth video shows the drone airborne to the sound of cheering from the ground crew.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• True lilies don’t need to be lifted in the fall and can stay in the ground.
  — Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2024
• Video shows one of the deputies push the woman to the ground, at which point the 21-year-old runs at the deputy.
  — Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2024
• The 18-year-old fell to the ground and lay prone as deputies detained his hands, the video showed.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
• Kelce then appeared to turn around, grab the man’s phone and smash it on the ground.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
• As Lopez tumbled to the ground, his hand left the backpack.
  — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
• How to: Sit with your spine straight and tall and your feet flat on the ground, hip-width apart.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 8 Mar. 2023
• Patrick has hit his head on the ground and was bleeding, said Carl.
  — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
• As a crane raised the cross off the ground, a sort of graffiti could be seen.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 21 Apr. 2023
• The first photo shows van de Pol on the ground with her mouth wide open in shock.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• Areas along the lakeshore, though, should still see 3 to 6 inches on the ground.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• Low lunge: From the lunge position, drop your back knee to the ground.
  — Women's Health, 11 July 2023
• The video shows Dotson on the ground in a robe inside the home, and a handgun on the floor next to him.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2023
• On the ground, the running back has rushed for 26 yards on nine carries.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023
• Holmes tripped and fell on his back and the man jumped on top of him, holding him to the ground, and grabbed at his phone.
  — David Hulen, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
• The officer fires two shots, and Nunez tumbles to the ground.
  — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
• That’s when the officer takes the man’s hand and puts it behind his back and takes him to the ground.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
• The colonel had led some of the forces that cut straight across Gaza to the Mediterranean shore in the first days of the ground invasion.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
• As long as their basic needs are met, true lilies don’t need to be pulled from the ground.
  — Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2024
• The flight attendant floated up to the ceiling then slammed to the ground.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 12 July 2023
• If lightning strikes the tree, the ground charge from the strike could travel into you.
  — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• If lightning strikes the tree, the ground charge from the strike could travel into you.
  — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2024
• The trick is to give them something to climb, or else their vines will languish in a mildewy mess on the ground.
  — Alex Testere, Saveur, 24 July 2024
• The cutting will take four to six weeks to root before it can be transferred to the ground.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2024
• The inmate used bedsheets and tied them together to drop down to the ground from the roof.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 13 July 2023
• As things stand, later-stage funding rounds are thin on the ground.
  — Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
• The city’s suburbs have a peaceful veneer that belies the tensions on the ground.
  — Julia Preston, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024