Sentence examples for ground faded from inspiring English sources

To prepare for Nicola's arrival, she puts great thought into readying her spare room, choosing sheets in a pale pink that is flattering "even to skin that has turned yellowish," realigning the bed for good feng-shui, buying a rug patterned with "blossoms of watery green and salmon twining on a mushroom ground," faded in color so Nicola won't suspect the extravagance of a new purchase.

Some low-budget manifestations of the supernatural jazz up the frights now and again, but as the novelty of worshiping a hole in the ground fades, the film paints itself into a corner.

It may be turning to international terrorism -- as did Al Qaeda -- as it sees its future on the ground fading. .

US plans to train and equip a force of moderate Syrian rebels are going nowhere slowly, so hopes of finding local boots on the ground are fading fast.

Debates about a mosque near ground zero have faded, and the cable-news-fueled saga about comments by an Agriculture Department official is over.

Both colts were disappointing, as Al Kazeem was reluctant to let himself down on the fast ground as he faded into third while Toronado was never travelling and was beaten too far from home for his stamina to be an issue.

Antique boxes covered in embroidery, applique or needlework are rare because the ground material, usually silk, faded or disintegrated in sunlight.

That included using a first-round draft pick on the speedster David Wilson and letting the erratic Brandon Jacobs walk — all in the hopes of reinventing a ground game that had faded into the league's worst.

It mixes foreign and local participation in the state rooms and grounds of Diggi Palace, a faded rambling pile built in the 1860s as a grand town house for a rural Rajasthan ruler.

The camera moves into a hole in the bushes and stops short of depicting what lies on the ground before it fades out.

Low punchy shots, chips along the ground, draws and fades with the crosswinds, high drives with the breeze behind you - all are essential parts of the armoury.