ground - use in sentences

Preposition: on

  • a34: The club is situated next to the Tennis Courts at the Sports and Social club ground on the A34 just outside Henley.

Preposition: for

  • divorce: Any arrival can guarantee a late night, and the quiz issue could be grounds for divorce.

Adjective modifier

  • fertile: The USA has already proved fertile ground for education reformers who believe in choice.
  • common: The game itself merely provides a context; common ground where things happen to players.
  • middle: In addition, there are middle ground or standard policies.
  • rough: The result is a perfect balance between easy riding, controlled braking and effective damping over rough ground.
  • moral: Somehow or other they claim to have the moral high ground.

Converse of object

  • breed: The large amounts of ammonia in the slurry become breeding ground for bacteria, which turn it into acid.
  • dump: Or are we just a dumping ground for lost souls?
  • break: It could never break the ground of the first series - it's a sequel!
  • hit: Each time the foot hits the ground, the tension causes the fascia to pull at the heel.

Modifies a noun

  • floor: Our office is located on the ground floor adjacent to the main road.
  • flora: If the ground flora dies away, those with the ability to reach a little higher will survive.

Preposition: of

  • orientation: It also excludes protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation with regard to housing, goods and services and education.

Noun used with modifier

  • burial: The burial ground is is of considerable extent, having been recently much enlarged.
  • recreation: Many of these overlook the Fairfield recreation ground to the south of the town.
  • cricket: Budget hotel in the Headingley area of Leeds near the cricket ground.
  • hunting: Regent's Park One of Henry VIII's hunting grounds.
  • breeding: Refuse areas are the perfect breeding ground for all kinds of pests.
  • football: It's never been an issue except occasionally inside football grounds where certain fans can be, erm, a bit nasty.

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