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[ loh-lahy-ing ] / ˈloʊˌlaɪ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR low-lying ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelying near sea level or the ground surface. low-lying land. lying below the usual elevation or altitude. Origin of low-lyingFirst recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby low-lyinglowlife, lowlight, lowlihead, low-loader, lowly, low-lying, low man on the totem pole, Low Mass, low milling, low-minded, lown Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for low-lyingYet 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|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST Mounting one of the low-lying walls that surround the park, Hall addressed the returned marchers. The Occupy Wall Street Blow-by-Blow|Matthew DeLuca|October 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST Policies that presently encourage development in low-lying floodplains and coastal areas should be immediately reexamined. Gore’s Dire Weather Warning|Christopher Dickey|September 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The trains are usually stored in low-lying subway yards and some of those may flood during the hurricane. Hurricane Questions Explained||August 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST She rejoiced to be near the low-lying, fleecy clouds which a little while ago had aroused her apprehensions for the morrow. In Apple-Blossom Time|Clara Louise Burnham At last he made out a long, tawny shape on a low-lying bough of a tree at the very edge of the forest. The Free Rangers|Joseph A. Altsheler Miocene beds are found in Corfu and Zante, and Pliocene deposits cover much of the low-lying ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6|Various Through the dark, low-lying mass that marked the feeding maverick herd, a sort of convulsive shudder suddenly ran. The Boy Scouts On The Range|Lieut. Howard Payson There had been some lightning in the north, where there was a bank of low-lying clouds. Old Times on the Upper Mississippi|George Byron Merrick
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