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:

Global warming over the next few decades threatens to raise water levels around the world, and the Netherlands — “nether” means “low-lying” or “below” — will have to work hard at solving the problem for its future inhabitants.
Further to the south and slightly inland is the town of Santiago do Cacém, hemmed in by low-lying hills on three sides and crowned by a hilltop castle, which holds a macabre cemetery full of disinterred bones.
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 rugged southern peninsula is hemmed in by low-lying mountains — the Vindhya and Satpura to the north and the Western and Eastern Ghats running parallel to the coasts.
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.