the land

noun

: land in the countryside that is thought of as providing a simple and good way of living

He wanted to move/get back to the land.

Examples of the land in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Other soccer-like traits at Ryan Field include a very high proportion of the seats being under cover and the striking sight that what Americans across the land have come to know as the Upper Deck experience just does not exist here. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

My guess is that the anchor-outs, or at least some of them, see real estate agents’ commodification of the land as a betrayal of the values of California’s earlier inhabitants and contrary to their whole ethos. — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Every part of this house honors the land, the water, and the air. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026

Rather than directly buying the land necessary, Kingsbarn will look to participate in an exchange. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the land

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand