Words similar to low-lying
Example sentences for: low-lying
How can you use “low-lying” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The daily drama of ferryboats, freighters, junks with dirty grey sails, low-lying sampans — even small tankers and big gunboats — unfolds right in the center of town.
A district known as the Baixa (Lower City) — the low-lying area between hills on either side — was devastated by the great earthquake of 1755.
Ride through colorful bulb fields or across the polders (low-lying lands reclaimed from the sea) and rivers from the comfort of your seat, and all in 30 minutes.
The WP goes more for narrative, with such passages as: "In county after county, meanwhile, people confronted hardships that seemed almost biblical in scope: Coffins sent floating away from low-lying cemeteries; portable incinerators being assembled to dispose of 100,000 dead hogs and a million drowned poultry; oceanfront homes being swept away; and thousands of residents living without safe tap water, telephones or mail service."
The serra is a verdant landscape of cork, pine, and chestnut trees, and low-lying areas are covered in blankets of colorful wildflowers.