flatland

Example Sentences

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"I was raised in Delta dirt, sunshine and flatland that goes on for miles and miles," she sings, as people nod their heads and stomp their feet to the beat.

From BBC • May 31, 2025

“I think a lot of it is that we populate the scene between the flatland of L.A. and the Griffith Park hill.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

But the oil giant ConocoPhillips is already in motion, massing equipment and flying in workers and provisions to this vast frozen flatland 250 miles above the Arctic Circle.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

The organization provided data to the AP showing that across all states, Mississippi has the eighth-highest percentage of such counties, which snake through the Delta, an agricultural flatland where persistent poverty shapes daily life.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2022

Here, miles of flatland went on and on, tempting the eyes to stretch just a little farther, until they seemed to meet with the silver-and-white sky.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie