The ground-hugging planes are difficult to detect on radar. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel Planes Attack Sri Lanka Capital] Reference
The other small populations of this ground-hugging herb are found on Rakiura Island. From Wordnik.com. [Southland temperate forests] Reference
The class is Indy racing, with the ground-hugging racers that symbolize breakneck speed. From Wordnik.com. [The Usenet Lynx FAQ by Rob Jung] Reference
Infantry dust tended to spread as it rose, making a ground-hugging haze rather than a rising tail. From Wordnik.com. [And Other Tales Of Valdemar]
But the midnight-blue berries growing sparsely on the tortured, ground-hugging shrub were exquisite. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
On the following day, the 24th, the morning brought heavy ground-hugging fog and very low visibility. From Wordnik.com. [SERIAL 10: Kondo Katsusaburo among Taiwan's Atayal/Sedeq peoples, 1896 to 1930] Reference
It begins as a ground-hugging basal rosette of thick, fuzzy, oval, toothless leaves, soft to the touch. From Wordnik.com. [The insects come for our intrepid blogger and his husband.] Reference
Only the frog's ground-hugging nature and his high vantage point allowed him to view all the combatants. From Wordnik.com. [Odyssey]
We'll dismount the probe and set it following Needle at ... ten miles and ground-hugging altitude, I think. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
The new chimney was built a kilometer out of town, connected to the smelter by a large, ground-hugging flue. From Wordnik.com. [North of Loreto: Mulegé and Santa Rosalía, sun, beaches, hotels and history] Reference
Out in the real world, the agents visibly erode simple stratiform clouds and their ground-hugging variant, fog. From Wordnik.com. [Weather as Weapon] Reference
All types have a very low head-rope height, as they are designed specifically for catching ground-hugging flatfish. From Wordnik.com. [Stop blaming the fishermen – Part I] Reference
Those splotches of waxy light which marked certain trees, bushes, and scrubby ground-hugging plants were spreading, running together in pools. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
Left alone, the clearcut areas had begun to cover themselves again, beginning with dense ground-hugging brush and then ambitious young saplings. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
But it was food, and I stripped the ground-hugging bushes quickly, stuffing the fruit into my mouth as ravenously as anyone who knows bitter hunger. From Wordnik.com. [The Crystal Gryphon]
There were fields of wheat and rye as well as vegetables and ground-hugging fruits, orchards as tidily pruned as flower beds, vineyards clean enough to sleep in. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
Waylander returned his gaze to the plain itself: thousands of square miles of flat, unend-ing grassland, dotted with occasional trees and ground-hugging hedgerows. From Wordnik.com. [Waylander]
"And Taj can take his usual quick, graceful, no-fear-of-heights hops, while despite his exaggerated size I suspect Samm retains all of the ground-hugging abilities of his kind.". From Wordnik.com. [Kingdoms of Light]
Plants are mainly ground-hugging shrubs and short woody trees. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
The modern Audi styling conveys the look of a ground-hugging, premium car. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Bike wheels never leave the earth, but the ground-hugging here doesn't feel right. From Wordnik.com. [Computer And Video Games] Reference
How did buildings surge in stature from ground-hugging houses to cloud-busting skyscrapers?. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Lesson from the Gulf: Stop drilling] Reference
Without a blush I eyed ground-hugging plants and reeled off their names: Hex, Ponder, Explicit, and Envy. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 2] Reference
Bluebonnets form ground-hugging rosettes, only several inches tall, but with a spread up to dinner-plate size. From Wordnik.com. [Beaumont Enterprise Blogs] Reference
There are hundreds of sedums available; they can be evergreen or deciduous, ground-hugging or tall and upright. From Wordnik.com. [The News Tribune Blogs] Reference
Origin of accretionary lapilli within ground-hugging density currents: Evidence from pyroclastic couplets on Tenerife. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
Today, club mosses are ground-hugging, creeping plants with a worldwide distribution, some growing as epiphytes on trees. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He contrasted them with the ground-hugging dome cities of the Khiftan civilization, only a few thousand parayears distant. From Wordnik.com. [Last Enemy] Reference
Ground Fog - (KFNGFJ) - With a 180 degree spray pattern, this nozzle offers low-lying and wispy ground-hugging fog effects. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
There we piled into another and cramped van that took off through the ground-hugging miasma that passes for air in Chongqing. From Wordnik.com. [Chinalyst - China blogs in English] Reference
Even in July, cold winds blow across the tundra, but ground-hugging plants and flowers blanket the areas between lichen - covered rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
As on an F1 racer, the engine forms part of the structure, while the ground-hugging suspension includes a hydraulic lift to clear ramps. From Wordnik.com. [Auto Express: News] Reference
At the rear, a strong shoulder line embraces sculpted wheel-arches that further emphasize the Flextreme GT/E's wide, ground-hugging stance. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog Green] Reference
" In tandem, they leaped the next row of ground-hugging bushes. From Wordnik.com. [Lost And Found]
Thymus vulgaris) is the culinary species, a tiny-leafed, ground-hugging perennial that bees love. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
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