How to Use low-lying in a Sentence

low-lying

adjective
  • Rivers overwhelmed their banks and flooded low-lying parts of the city.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The ground cover was thick with ferns, moss, felled trees, and other low-lying plants.
    — Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Dense fog is more likely in low-lying areas near water such as rivers or lakes.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Strong winds will occur at times, plus a chance of flooding in low-lying areas.
    — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Runoff may cause flooding in rivers, creeks and other low-lying areas.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Be sure to also scour leafy duff, moss, tree roots, and other low-lying areas.
    — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Now, the new question is, what’s driving the decrease in low-lying clouds?
    — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Rivers, creeks, streams and other low-lying and flood-prone areas were at risk of flooding.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Wind chimes rang out in the back yard, which brimmed with pointy succulents, low-lying shrubs, and a few small trees.
    — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The area that flooded is a low-lying flood plain for the Po River.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • Officials urged those going to the beach not to park in low-lying areas.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
  • Behind them were two rows of brightly colored kayaks emerging from the low-lying fog.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • These insects lay their eggs on low-lying dry ground that can later be flooded with rainfall.
    — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The growth habits of the plants vary, too, ranging from low-lying shrubs to small trees that can be shaped and pruned to suit your space.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
  • If outside, seek shelter in low-lying areas like ditches or ravines.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Correct any low-lying areas that may trap moisture from rain, snow, or ice and cause turf damage.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Set in its own low-lying building among the mangroves and not far from the lobby, the vibe skews more formal.
    — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025
  • These mosquitoes lay eggs in low-lying, or flood-prone, areas, so their eggs will hatch if and when heavy rain hits.
    — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Forty-four rooms and suites, stuffed into a few low-lying buildings, come with terraces and patios.
    — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Cooling sea breezes don’t reach these low-lying plains, which also receive less rainfall than the east.
    — Gavin Butler Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Flooding may occur in low-lying, poor drainage, and urban areas.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Piotrowski explains that a home near a city water drain likely sits in a low-lying area.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Open doors and low-lying windows allow rodents to enter.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2026
  • The area that flooded is a low-lying floodplain for the Po River.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 27 May 2023
  • In some cases, streams spilled over roads and water rose across low-lying roadways in a matter of minutes.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • The highest risk for coastal flooding will be near low-lying areas of Long Beach.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
  • Minor road and low-lying area flooding was expected.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The rise will accelerate the drowning of low-lying lands, per Hein.
    — Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 12 July 2024
  • There wasn’t a trail, and Welty headed straight into the low-lying trees on the side of the island.
    — Alie Skowronski, Miami Herald, 5 July 2026
  • Residents of low-lying areas were urged to either move to higher ground or to the fourth floor of a building.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2025

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