flatland

Example Sentences

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“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

Louis said Parker's best discipline is flatland BMX - doing tricks on the ground, without the use of ramps, however, for Parker, he enjoys the more extreme side.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024

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 strain is most acute in Mississippi’s Delta region, an agricultural flatland where poverty remains entrenched.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 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