A low-lying desert. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
low-lying clouds. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I put it down to the damp air surrounding the low-lying river. From Wordnik.com. [Pullman's Progress] Reference
Astern, faint and indistinct, loomed the low-lying coast-line. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
There are people who might have low-lying regret and confusion. From Wordnik.com. [What Should I Do With My Life?] Reference
The sun rose in the low-lying mists; it transfused them with crimson. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
The river rose above the danger mark, threatening nearby low-lying areas. From Wordnik.com. [Photos of the Day: Sept. 10] Reference
Now, you see a mass of people sitting there who've come from the low-lying areas. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistani Farmer Helps Workers Hurt By Flood] Reference
Suzuki might as well throw in low-lying fruit like the Volvo S40 and Saab 9-3, too. From Wordnik.com. [Just In: 2010 Suzuki Kizashi SE] Reference
Earl caused flooding in low-lying areas and some territories reported power outages. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane Earl Moving Toward Eastern US] Reference
Between one and two inches of rain and moderate flooding in low-lying areas are expected. From Wordnik.com. [Ocean City prepares for Hurricane Earl] Reference
Sagar is part of the Sundarbans, a low-lying archipelago that straddles India and Bangladesh. From Wordnik.com. [The Sacred Island That's Shrinking Away] Reference
There's multitudinous low-lying fruit that GOPers and wishing-to-survive Democrats should pick. From Wordnik.com. [Starting to Heal This Sick Bill] Reference
In some low-lying part of his brain, he had always dreaded the moment he would let himself fall. From Wordnik.com. [Prickly Heat] Reference
EPA/Harish Tyagi People wade through flood waters at a low-lying area of Mayur Vihar in New Delhi. From Wordnik.com. [Rain Fury in India] Reference
When you sit long enough the low-lying scrub begin to sway not with the wind but of their own volition. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of Big Sur] Reference
In the West, where the crust is newer, the worst quakes occur in low-lying zones of sand, clay or gravel. From Wordnik.com. [The Big One] Reference
It was strewn with low-lying ghosts as of people and objects, formed when the granite bubbled like water. From Wordnik.com. [Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas] Reference
My trailer wasn't affected because I was up on a ridge, but all the low-lying trailers had to be evacuated. From Wordnik.com. [Powdered Sugar on Bare Skin] Reference
While the low-lying sea-fog is the navigator's worst enemy, it is the airman's greatest friend and protection. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
A high tide with a wind setting toward the shore would sweep over the low-lying country and swamp their homes. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Nike is also concerned about factories in Asia sitting in low-lying coastal zones vulnerable to sea-level rise. From Wordnik.com. [Mindy S. Lubber: Pakistan Flooding Hits Home] Reference
A matrix of dramatic, Escher-like arrangements of wood hangs over the low-lying tables and traditional screens. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Spot: Sake No Hana, London] Reference
If the coast truly wants to be unique, why not keep much of the low-lying area along the beach an open green space?. From Wordnik.com. [OUT OF THE RUBBLE... CONDOS AND SLOTS?] Reference
I heard the murmur of water in the hollows, and caught glimpses of forget-me-not tufts in low-lying grassy corners. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A great deal of the low-lying farm lands and roads in places have water enough over them to float an ordinary steamboat. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
Army Corps of Engineers is continuing work to reinforce levees so the low-lying city will be protected from future storms. From Wordnik.com. [Tulane University Plays Big Role in New Orleans Recovery] Reference
Texas also had no reports of serious injuries, and evacuations orders weren't necessary even in the most low-lying regions. From Wordnik.com. [Tropical Storm Hermine Hits Southern Texas] Reference
There are no low-lying marshes; the position and high surface render this one of the healthiest islands in the Malay Archipelago. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Along Manhattan's East River Drive, scuba divers paddled to trapped motorists, and boats cruised streets in low-lying New Jersey towns. From Wordnik.com. [Like A Hurricane] Reference
This grass is very common in marshes and in wet low-lying places on the hills and occurs also in the plains in Malabar and South Kanara. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The monotony of the low-lying, exhaust-battered shrubbery lined either side as the same wing-wall one could find anywhere on the continent. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Crackle] Reference
EPA/Harish Tyagi Residents sat outside their flooded home at a low-lying area near the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi on Wednesday. From Wordnik.com. [Rain Fury in India] Reference
When you are flying at sea the land, especially when it is low-lying, takes you by surprise; it suddenly looms up when you least expect it. From Wordnik.com. [Some Naval Yarns] Reference
It may be a long shot, but for billions of people who live in low-lying areas or are in need of water, Salter's big idea is worth a gamble. From Wordnik.com. [Sky High] Reference
Rather than taking measures to trim their own budgets, administrators tend to cut the low-lying fruit -- so students pay more and professors get less. From Wordnik.com. [Lennard Davis: University of Illinois Is in the Black, While Faculty and Students See Red] Reference
Additionally, the increased ocean temperatures, which are responsible for rising sea levels, threaten to drown low-lying and small island states, such as Grenada. From Wordnik.com. [Tina Gerhardt: A Party-Driven Process: Kyoto Protocol? Copenhagen Accord?] Reference
Further from the river, a few hundred low-lying houses of orange brick and stucco and a modern mosque sprawl along wide boulevards nearly devoid of pedestrian traffic. From Wordnik.com. ['Better Friends Than Enemies'] Reference
Five years ago this SundayHurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast area and caused massive flooding in New Orleans after levees there failed to protect the low-lying city. From Wordnik.com. [New Orleans Still Recovering From Hurricane Five Years Later] Reference
Five years ago this Sunday Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast area and caused massive flooding in New Orleans after levees there failed to protect the low-lying city. From Wordnik.com. [New Orleans Still Recovering From Hurricane Five Years Later] Reference
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