How to Use the land in a Sentence

the land

noun
  • The air thinned and the land went blue.
    — Roey Leonardi, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
  • But by night this was the land of the dead.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • What does Weaver want with the land?
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
  • Or any place where her dust might be one with the land.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
  • All that heat is drying out the land.
    — Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Biggest monarch in all of the land.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • It was solely based on the land use.
    — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Nothing about the land changed overnight.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The sale prices for the land were not available.
    — Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026
  • The world was a better place when rom-coms roamed the land.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Most of the land is covered by thick ice sheets year-round.
    — Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Much of the rest of the land could be used for schools, parks or open space.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
  • Crow Holdings has owned the land for decades.
    — Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Did Disney know who had bought the land?
    — Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Olsen didn't share specifics, but said there are burial sites on the land.
    — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • The skies clear, the land no longer ablaze but still a dry, flammable golden.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But the land-lease model has become a trap.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The highest court in the land has the lowest ethics laws.
    — NBC news, 10 May 2026
  • But guess who has been the mightiest in the land?
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • These systems have to do with the layout of the land.
    — Jessica Rendall, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The changes are written on the land itself.
    — Mark Dee may 19, Idaho Statesman, 19 May 2026
  • This is the land speaking in its own language.
    — John Noakes, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Henkel sees his role as a steward, not an owner of the land.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
  • All of that, the growers had poured into the land.
    — Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The port does not currently use the land.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The terms of the land purchase were not disclosed.
    — Brian Womack, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The price the county pays for the land will be set by a jury.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • But the boom is taking a toll on the people who live on the land.
    — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Residents own their homes but pay rent on the land the homes sit on.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • Here’s to the greatest column in the land!
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026

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