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

Evidence of a rapid growth in cities between the twelfth and eighth centuries BCE and of food shortages as early as the tenth century BCE suggests that the population may have outstripped the productivity of the land. —Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026

Two of the three acts listed in the rock/alternative category, genre-bending rock artist Ecca Vandal, and Speed, the NSW Music Prize-winning Sydney hardcore act, hail from the land down under. —Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2026

The building is owned by local developer McWhinney, which bought the land from Great Divide in separate deals in 2019 and 2021. —Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026

But efforts to cut sulfur pollution from industry and commercial shipping have led to cleaner air and more sunlight hitting the earth’s surface, heating up parts of the land and ocean. —Harry Stevens, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the land

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