Sentence examples for a friendly ground from inspiring English sources

Despite a rather dull game between the Steelbacks and the Royals (that's Northants and Worcestershire to me), enlivened only by a number of catches following one hapless fielder in rapid succession, who kept dropping them, it was a pleasant evening at a friendly ground.

Remember, in a bar you're a hunter on friendly ground.

"Off-­off-­off-year elections are not traditionally friendly ground for a party that relies on high turnout numbers for success".

The company has also been a friendly proving ground for her new roles.

Obama's insistence on consensus seems a way to keep the conversation on safe, friendly, ground.

Still, even if he grasped every nuance of this unusual action, it remains puzzling that he took a radio gig on enemy turf even if it was once friendly ground to him as the Mets' manager.

When fear of love grips you, it helps to set very clear but friendly ground rules about yourself from the start of a loving relationship.

But he's right to feel that our higher education system isn't friendly ground for current conservative ideology.

He is considered one of the greener Republicans and clearly felt he was on friendly ground at the question-and-answer session that ended his visit.

Mrs. Clinton had tried to steer the day's news away from the debate over soft-money spending and toward more friendly ground.

The Passion Experience tour, which last year played 35 cities, chose New York, which is not considered friendly ground for Christian music, to draw area Christians out of isolation, said Shelley Giglio, who started Passion in 1997 with her husband, Louie, as an outgrowth of a student ministry they formed at Baylor University in the 1980's.