Our men on the right, as they were brought in against the enemy, came in on higher ground, and upon his flank, giving us every advantage to be derived from the lay of the country.
Their way lay over a succession of ridges, but they were reaching higher and higher ground.
Accordingly, turning to the north, they made their way along the higher ground.
Should that be heard, every one must immediately start to remove all of his possessions, scanty as these were at the best, to a place of security on higher ground.
The brothers thanked their neighbour, and meanwhile aided the others in removing the farm-produce and implements to higher ground.
Fortunately most of their valuables were removed to higher ground in time, but before all was got out a sudden increase in the rushing river sent a huge wave curling round the entire piece of ground on which their farm lay.
These forts were in rear of the main Rebel line, on higher ground.
The cornfield beyond, on higher ground, was a sheet of fire.
For the few inhabitants who calmly and methodically moved to higher ground, camping out in tents until the flood had subsided, left no distracting wreckage behind them.
The "higher ground" where they stood was in reality only a mound-like elevation above the dead level of the flat, and the few trees were merely recent young willows and alders.
In the low sections of the city many houses were flooded and the inhabitants of these sections fled to higher ground.
Hundreds of families along the river front in Cincinnati had been forced to move by the encroaching river and many merchants had removed their goods from cellars and basements to higher ground.
Water commenced to pour into Front, Mill and Andrew Streets early Thursday evening, and all through the night merchants worked to get their goods to higher ground.
A gallop of a quarter of a mile and, off to the right, a branch ravine opened out to higher ground, and into this the leaders dove and, checking speed, rode at the trot until the ascent grew steep.
The ascending path turned quickly into a running brook and the black forms of steeds and riders struggled sidewise up the grass-grown slopes in search of higher ground.
These truths now placed on higher ground in a truer conception of the supernatural.
This rising tide of reflection has compelled resort to higher ground, to the inward evidences in the nature of mind that are more secure from the doubt to which all that is merely external and historical is exposed.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "higher ground" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
