low-lying
lying near sea level or the ground surface. low-lying land.
lying below the usual elevation or altitude.
Origin of low-lying
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How to use low-lying in a sentence
Yet when the worldwide economy capsized in late 2008, the ripples of recession arrived like a King Tide to the low-lying island.
Celebrities, Take Note: Anguilla Is Back From the Brink | Debra A. Klein | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThroughout low-lying areas in New York and New Jersey, this same cry is heard: we need help, Congress, and we need it now.
Residents Fume Over Long Wait for Hurricane Sandy Aid | David Freedlander, Lizzie Crocker | January 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe infrastructure protecting low-lying Amsterdam and Rotterdam are built to withstand 10,000-year storms.
Five feet of seawater tore through the streets of the low-lying Brooklyn neighborhood Monday night.
Residents in Red Hook, Brooklyn, Assess the Damage After Sandy | Eliza Shapiro | October 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMounting one of the low-lying walls that surround the park, Hall addressed the returned marchers.
They scurried down a long, dismal lane toward a low-lying range of hills pertly wooded with bald patches of barren earth and rock.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerFrom the low-lying quarters of the towns the word buzzes in your ear with the confusion of a Babel.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanAs he spoke, an eddy of wind blew aside part of the fog, revealing through the rift a low-lying island.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries | Francis Rolt-WheelerHe halted upon a knoll in the oat-field, and stood to breathe the cool air from the low-lying meadow.
A Yankee from the West | Opie ReadBefore us ran the turbulent river, vexed with plunging shells and obscured in spots by blue sheets of low-lying smoke.
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