How to Use into the ground in a Sentence

into the ground

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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
  • Drive the metal ends of the cage into the ground as deeply as possible.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
  • Insert the stake into the ground, about 3 to 5 inches from the seedling.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026
  • 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
  • Drive the post or stake into the ground before planting the tubers or transplants.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
  • His Argentina team-mates run themselves into the ground for him.
    — Xavi, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • But the black rectangles remain staked into the ground today.
    — Sam McDowell 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In Philadelphia, lawmakers lowered into the ground a time capsule – a gift to future Americans.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Giant armored bulldozers—now Caterpillar model D9—stabbed their front blades into the ground and drove forward, flipping fields and shaving off orchards.
    — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Four days after the council vote, Leslie Ridings and Horton of the residents association stood outside the fenced off lot as two men with the group Vincor Construction ambled about driving stakes into the ground.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • The structure is a massive concrete cylinder, 50 meters wide and 30 meters deep, held up by pillars sunk deep into the ground, capable of holding 50,000 cubic meters of stormwater — roughly the volume of 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
    — Camille Knight, CNN Money, 4 July 2026

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