Sentence examples for weak ground from inspiring English sources

"weak ground" is grammatically correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a surface that is not sturdy or reliable -- such as a surface that could easily give way or collapse. For example: "The old building was built on weak ground and was unstable after years of neglect."

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Paris may by right politically and democratically but it is on weak ground economically.

"The pitch from Nen, he could have gotten a weak ground ball or a line drive.

But Prince Fielder promptly hits a weak ground ball straight at the pitcher.

A pitcher might try a low curveball, hoping the hitter is expecting a fastball and inducing a weak ground ball.

If you go out there armed only with your own observations and sentiments, you will surely find yourself on very weak ground.

But Ryu was superb after that, and the Mets could not do much more than litter weak ground balls around the Dodger Stadium infield.

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Granderson then scored on Lyle Overbay's weak ground-ball single to the left side with two outs, and that insurance run proved vital.

Hideki Matsui led off with a single to right, and Karim Garcia followed with a weak ground-ball single up the middle.

It's a serious allegation made on embarrassingly weak grounds.

Plot points, too, have only a weak grounding in reality.

No honest hack could compose so quickly and from such weak grounding without shame.

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