burial ground

The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.

“I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on,” Carson tells Mrs. Hughes with trepidation.

A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.

He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.

The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.

Entrez donc, 'tis the work of one of your compatriots; and here, though a heretic, you may consider yourself on English ground.

Then the enemy's howitzers and field guns had it all their own way, forcing attack to yield a lot of ground.