Sentence examples for ground standing from inspiring English sources

As we swing between counterproductive table pounding and passive non-interference, we must muster the will to interfere quietly but firmly when we are on solid moral ground — standing up for the Afghan people and for principles of honest governance.

A few posts on the club's Facebook and Twitter pages, and non-League forums, meant that some 400 fans had gathered at the ground, standing under the corrugated plastic roof over the main concrete terrace.

"What's it take to get a few yards of even ground?" Standing there, with his hands on his hips and his scorecard still blank, Marino almost passed for the average public-course hacker.

If plans are approved, about 72,000 non-reflective solar panels would be fixed to the ground, standing about 2.5m high, which will allow sheep and cattle to graze.

You fantasize about touching the ground, standing flat on your feet and giving the old toes a much-needed break.

In these situations, flocks of white storks sit out the adverse weather on the ground, standing and facing into the wind.

Szwagrzyk, J. & Gazda, A. Above-ground standing biomass and tree species diversity in natural stands of Central Europe.

As in all parts of Vanuatu where they were used, the Ambrym slit gongs were set around the dance grounds, standing upright or at a slight angle.

But on humanitarian grounds standing back from the Syrian civil war in the face of more than 200,000 deaths and the continued use of chemical weapons (now in the form of everyday chlorine) seems callous.

Big cuts and you can forget any hope of winning back ground on "standing up for Britain".

It's fair to say that the phrase has left the similar metaphor, hit the ground running, standing still.