How to Use low-lying in a Sentence

low-lying

adjective

• Parks and piers were closed up and down the coast, as were some low-lying roads.
  — ABC News, 23 July 2026
• Rivers overwhelmed their banks and flooded low-lying parts of the city.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
• The ground cover was thick with ferns, moss, felled trees, and other low-lying plants.
  — Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
• Dense fog is more likely in low-lying areas near water such as rivers or lakes.
  — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2025
• Strong winds will occur at times, plus a chance of flooding in low-lying areas.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
• Some low-lying coastal trails and beaches may also have access blocked by high tide.
  — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
• Runoff may cause flooding in rivers, creeks and other low-lying areas.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
• Be sure to also scour leafy duff, moss, tree roots, and other low-lying areas.
  — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
• Now, the new question is, what’s driving the decrease in low-lying clouds?
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
• Rivers, creeks, streams and other low-lying and flood-prone areas were at risk of flooding.
  — Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
• Wind chimes rang out in the back yard, which brimmed with pointy succulents, low-lying shrubs, and a few small trees.
  — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
• The area that flooded is a low-lying flood plain for the Po River.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
• Officials urged those going to the beach not to park in low-lying areas.
  — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
• Behind them were two rows of brightly colored kayaks emerging from the low-lying fog.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
• These insects lay their eggs on low-lying dry ground that can later be flooded with rainfall.
  — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• The growth habits of the plants vary, too, ranging from low-lying shrubs to small trees that can be shaped and pruned to suit your space.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
• If outside, seek shelter in low-lying areas like ditches or ravines.
  — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
• Correct any low-lying areas that may trap moisture from rain, snow, or ice and cause turf damage.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
• Set in its own low-lying building among the mangroves and not far from the lobby, the vibe skews more formal.
  — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025
• These mosquitoes lay eggs in low-lying, or flood-prone, areas, so their eggs will hatch if and when heavy rain hits.
  — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
• Forty-four rooms and suites, stuffed into a few low-lying buildings, come with terraces and patios.
  — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023
• Cooling sea breezes don’t reach these low-lying plains, which also receive less rainfall than the east.
  — Gavin Butler Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• Flooding may occur in low-lying, poor drainage, and urban areas.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Jan. 2026
• Piotrowski explains that a home near a city water drain likely sits in a low-lying area.
  — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
• Open doors and low-lying windows allow rodents to enter.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2026
• The area that flooded is a low-lying floodplain for the Po River.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• In some cases, streams spilled over roads and water rose across low-lying roadways in a matter of minutes.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• The highest risk for coastal flooding will be near low-lying areas of Long Beach.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
• With the high tides and south swell, there is the potential for some minor coastal flooding in low-lying areas.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
• Minor road and low-lying area flooding was expected.
  — Jason Green, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025