low ground
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of low ground
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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The land sits on low ground and would need fill for any redesign, to get it above the Potomac river flood plain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
The city, captured by the Russians in May, sits mostly on low ground.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Topographically, New Orleans is often likened to a bowl, but it’s more like a waffle, with pockets of low ground that fill up with just a few inches of rain.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2019
“And the short story is that the high ground is near the river and the low ground is old swamps and old marshes.”
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
Betsie had never been able to lift much; today her shovelfuls were microscopic and she stumbled frequently as she walked to the low ground where we dumped the loads.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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