How to Use into the ground in a Sentence
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The helicopter slammed into the ground, killing all three in a fiery crash.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
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First, strong stakes are pounded into the ground about a foot deep, along the end of each plant row.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026
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This is a sharp metal spike at the bottom of each pole that is staked into the ground.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
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This handy tool has a steel head with four claws that press into the ground around the weed with a lever on one side.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026
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Drive the metal ends of the cage into the ground as deeply as possible.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
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My chest was smashed into the ground and against my knees, and my face was ground hard into the rocky dirt of the trail.
—Todd Orr, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026
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Insert the stake into the ground, about 3 to 5 inches from the seedling.
—Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026
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Attach lattice or hog wire to stakes sunk into the ground so that the grid is parallel to the ground.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2026
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Drive the post or stake into the ground before planting the tubers or transplants.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
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His Argentina team-mates run themselves into the ground for him.
—Xavi, New York Times, 19 July 2026
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Adding something as simple as a hedge near a river slows down water and gives it time to seep deep into the ground.
—ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
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But the black rectangles remain staked into the ground today.
—Sam McDowell 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
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The helicopter lost its blades in the crash before crashing into the ground and rolling onto it side, Bivens said.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
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The juvenile green, leafy trees had vanished and were replaced by rows of thin, lifeless trunks staked into the ground like tombstones.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
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The notion of luck is seemingly an ill fit for his new home state, where fortunes were made by guessing where to drill a hole into the ground in search of oil.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2026
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The best way to do it is to install hardware cloth or wire mesh skirting around these spots or bury them a few inches into the ground so skunks can’t dig under.
—Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 1 July 2026
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This current regime has ran this franchise into the ground and doesn't seem to have any respect for their fan base and trying to win at the highest level.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
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Tubers can be planted directly into the ground after May 15, when the air and soil have warmed.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
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Peaches have notoriously shallow roots, rarely reaching deeper than two or three feet into the ground.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2026
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The garlic was then pushed several inches into the ground using a bulb planting dibber, and the holes and garlic cloves were covered in soil.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 17 July 2026
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The southern half has settled nearly 10 inches into the ground, and jacks had to be installed to lift it back up, officials said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2026
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To determine if this is the issue, observe whether water pools on the surface after rainfall instead of soaking into the ground.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 19 July 2026
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To break hard, subterranean rock, Eden lowers large electrodes into the ground and sends high-voltage electric pulses between them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026
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About 35,000 to 40,000 seeds were placed into the ground to grow into the sprawling field.
—Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
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Boring into the ground is a lot easier on an empty lot in the countryside than on a station platform built in 1913.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2026
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The whole periodic chart of elements and metals and all kinds of chemical concoctions found their way into the ground and the groundwater.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
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That becomes particularly dangerous in cities, where roads, parking lots and buildings prevent rain from soaking into the ground.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
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The force of Allen being driven into the ground sent a massive clump of Highmark Stadium’s fresh grass into the air — roots, dirt and all.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
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Pieces of drone wing littered the sandy beach along the hotel’s seafront, while on the entrance side, a crater marked the spot where the Shahed slammed into the ground, blasting out the hotel’s windows and glass entrance.
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
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In the low-elevation deserts of Eastern California, the sun sits high in the sky during late June and pours energy into the ground for much of the day.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 July 2026
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