How to Use off the ground in a Sentence

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• Pick fallen fruit off the ground, though opossums can climb, too.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
• Staking helps keep the stems upright and the flowers off the ground.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2026
• Williams then wrapped his hand under her neck and squeezed, lifting her off the ground by her neck.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
• Lift the feet off the ground, keeping the shins parallel with the floor.
  — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
• Numerous creatives have tried to get a movie off the ground, to no avail.
  — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
• Place your right foot on the box, and press through it to lift your left foot off the ground and onto the box.
  — Rikkilynn Shields, HEALTH, 25 Aug. 2026
• But negotiations have failed for months to get back off the ground.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
• Trim shrubs so they are lifted off the ground, thin out dense ground cover, and keep plants from touching the house.
  — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026
• Getting a bar off the ground in New York City is not for the faint of heart.
  — Bethany Heitman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2026
• Miley has been doing this for long enough to know what kind of lead single will get an album off the ground.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
• The deal comes as the city pushes to get more projects off the ground while wrestling with the region’s high housing costs.
  — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
• The struggle was so intense that the child was lifted off the ground, police said in their statement.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
• To get the giving circle off the ground, Bonanotte got the word out in part through word of mouth.
  — Francine Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
• But hitting off the ground is probably going to be tough because of the tall driver-like shape.
  — Langston Wertz Jr, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026
• An electric charge lifts it off the ground, and billions of years of tiny meteorite strikes have left every grain sharp and jagged.
  — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
• As a shark, John has invested in a number of businesses, helping entrepreneurs get them off the ground.
  — Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
• Equal parts polished and comfortable, these baggy satin pants feature a drawstring waist and cuffed hems that keep the fabric neatly off the ground.
  — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
• And as Hunter bounded to the dugout, Bonds lifted him off the ground and flung him over his shoulder like a bag of mulch or a sack of potatoes.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 13 July 2026
• Official statements did not specify how soon China may be able to attempt to get the mission off the ground.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
• Kitten heels are the exception because being an inch off the ground isn’t a gravitational risk.
  — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 19 July 2026
• The stand lifts the pit inches off the ground, which reviewers confirm protects the surrounding grass and even wooden decks from getting burned.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026
• Homeless services providers working with the city on the program said part of the challenge has been getting a completely new program off the ground.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
• But the thing that stays consistent is to get a film made, to get a series made, to get an immersive project off the ground, the business side of things needs to happen.
  — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
• Bo Bardi lifted the building off the ground and suspended its large open gallery from two bright-red beams resting on four oversize columns.
  — Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
• Launching by plane also means an easy liftoff—just gas up and go, as opposed to the extensive preparations necessary to get a rocket off the ground.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 July 2026
• At the Hyder Mountain Road park, that means new mobile homes along the river would need to be raised at least 8 feet off the ground.
  — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026
• The actor-comedian arguably played a more pivotal role in getting the ceremony off the ground.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026
• Another major perk is that the bed is raised nearly a foot off the ground for extra storage space, so she’s been able to squeeze all kinds of containers and bins under there.
  — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026
• Meanwhile, Meta is still trying to get its Muse Spark, a multimodal reasoning model, off the ground.
  — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 2 July 2026
• Safety Ji’Ayir Brown did a good job of digging a short pass from Purdy off the ground for an interception.
  — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 28 July 2026