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
• Lift the feet off the ground, keeping the shins parallel with the floor.
  — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 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
• 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
• 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
• Kitten heels are the exception because being an inch off the ground isn’t a gravitational risk.
  — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 19 July 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
• 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
• Investigators said Vasey grabbed the girl's arm while her mother held onto the other arm, lifting the child off the ground during the struggle.
  — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
• For example, on Tybee Island, building codes call for residences to be built as much as 14 feet off the ground.
  — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
• Trellising plants keeps them lifted off the ground, reducing pest infestations and improving airflow to reduce the risk of powdery mildew.
  — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 27 June 2026
• The girl's mother grabbed her other arm and tried to prevent Vasey from taking her daughter, and the struggle over the girl was so significant that she was lifted off the ground.
  — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
• But because Sapelo is on the ocean and at risk of storm surge flooding, the ordinance allows for residences to be built off the ground, to a maximum height of 32 feet.
  — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
• To the casual observer, which is to say virtually everyone, a guardrail is just a long wavy strip of steel, about a foot wide, set thirty inches or so off the ground, which keeps a car from going off the road.
  — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
• After several years of failing to get a reunion off the ground, Faith No More will finally take the stage again in 2027.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2026
• Back in 2015, Musk and Altman worked together closely to get OpenAI off the ground.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 July 2026
• There’s also a 100 percent cotton lining to prevent electronics, glasses, and other fragile items from getting scratched, and the bottom of the bag has metal feet to keep it off the ground.
  — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
• But Ben, Anton and I, not knowing what couldn’t be done, decided that three guys in their mid-twenties with no engineering background to speak of would be the ones to get this thing off the ground.
  — Ronnen Harary, Fortune, 31 July 2026
• Marvel later tried to get a Ghost Rider TV series off the ground, but reportedly canceled those plans in 2019.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 July 2026
• Wonder Man follows aspiring actor Simon Williams (Abdul-Mateen), who is struggling to get his career off the ground.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 July 2026
• The Power Rangers brand is owned by Hasbro, which has been looking to get a live-action series adaptation off the ground, with Netflix taking a crack at it several years ago.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026