ground-hugging

• “These exquisite, ground-hugging little flowers are the moorland pasture equivalent of woodland primroses, brought into precious bloom by a month of sunshine.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Westgate, Weardale

• “The new chimney was built a kilometer out of town, connected to the smelter by a large, ground-hugging flue.”

  North of Loreto: Mulegé and Santa Rosalía, sun, beaches, hotels and history

• “The pilot in the lead chopper marked the target and began to pull up while the other three Little Birds continued their ground-hugging ride in a race against the clock to deliver their deadly warriors before the enemy could respond and put up a fight.”

  Simon & Schuster: Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2

• “It was a beautiful day, with thick, creamy clouds along the horizon; ground-hugging ice plant bursting out in yellow, magenta, ivory and pink; and a bevy of long-billed curlews rooting in the sand for delicacies.”

  Hunger to Learn

• “Each small, slightly spherical corm easily slips four inches deep under the outer foliage of a ground-hugging perennial such as lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis) or annual apricot-colored pansies.”

  Suzy Bales: A Forgotten Bulb: Fool's Onion

• “Perceived as a West Coast offensive disciple, Childress might be returning to his ground-hugging, 1990s roots as a University of Wisconsin assistant under coach Barry Alvarez, back when the Badgers pounded the ball with Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne.”

  Vikings have new faces, but the right ones?

• “It begins as a ground-hugging basal rosette of thick, fuzzy, oval, toothless leaves, soft to the touch.”

  The insects come for our intrepid blogger and his husband.

• “The ground-hugging planes are difficult to detect on radar.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Rebel Planes Attack Sri Lanka Capital

• “When the opportunity came to partner with a race car driver around a grand-prix track at 150 miles an hour in a supercharged, ground-hugging, open to the elements hell-on-wheels speedster in Austin, Texas, I said "sure.”

  Lea Lane: Race at 150 mph? Sure.

• “On the following day, the 24th, the morning brought heavy ground-hugging fog and very low visibility.”

  Archive 2008-12-01

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