How to Use high ground in a Sentence

high ground

noun

• Taking the nice moral high ground, not the low road.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
• But are Democrats in some ways ceding a moral high ground?
  — ABC News, 7 June 2026
• No one can claim the moral high ground in a debate over whose side is less wrong!
  — Star Tribune, 18 Jan. 2021
• In recent years, the moral high ground has gotten a bit shaky.
  — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
• On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
• Holmes has one of the top sinkers in the big leagues, which results a high ground-ball rate.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 27 July 2021
• The next morning our group split up and headed for high ground around the lake.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2017
• There's the moral high ground, and there's diving off it into the abyss.
  — Washington Post, 22 May 2019
• Those who live toward the southern end would be about eight miles away from high ground.
  — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
• The media’s footing on the high ground is not so stable here.
  — Callum Borchers, Philly.com, 8 June 2018
• The divers were aiming for a sandy chamber on higher ground in the cave.
  — Author: Tassanee Vejpongsa, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2018
• It was rebuilt on the high ground where the state Capitol now stands.
  — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2020
• What kind of attack did Flynn have planned from his moral high ground?
  — Matt Farwell, The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2021
• Williams said the entire riverbed started taking fire from the high ground.
  — David Martin, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2019
• The moral high ground is not defined by who wins but by who advances peace and respect.
  — Star Tribune, 18 Jan. 2021
• That’s how the movement captured the moral high ground and won the mind of the nation.
  — David Brooks, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
• For decades, the moral high ground on the issue of guns has been occupied by the left.
  — Jason Christian, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2018
• The sock monkies are still guarding the door, but the piano is on its way to higher ground.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 23 Feb. 2018
• The idea was to help prepare military pilots to take high ground of space.
  — Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2022
• At the same time, occupation moved Adams to the moral high ground.
  — Stacy Schiff, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
• His elite contact is currently hampered by a high ground-ball rate.
  — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
• Getting to high ground on foot may be advised to avoid traffic jams and road closures.
  — James Powel, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
• The terminal moraine, the mounds of rubble left behind, form much of their high ground.
  — William J. Broad, New York Times, 5 June 2018
• And in the Venice that Arbus conjures, no one stakes out the moral high ground.
  — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
• There’s room in court for the city of San Antonio to take the moral high ground.
  — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Apr. 2021
• Even with the high ground, and rams in sight, the odds are still low for someone carrying a recurve.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2020
• And for people who are still in the path of disaster, Hecht said, pay them to move to high ground.
  — Peter Green, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2024
• The Joshua Tree’ found common ground by reaching for the higher ground.
  — George Varga, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 20 Sep. 2017
• Promontory is an area of high ground at the north end of the Great Salt Lake.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 June 2022
• Built to be able to leave the road behind, the Scout 80 has four-wheel drive and a high ground clearance.
  — WSJ, 19 Dec. 2021