He was dead before he hit the ground.

She glanced around the clearing, taking in the wagon and the load of supplies and trappings scattered over the ground, the two kids, the whiteface bull that was chewing its cud just within the far reaches of the firelight.

Well, the grass was there, though in some places the ground was too steep for a cow to get to it.

There was an artificial lake just out of sight in the first stand of trees, fed by a half dozen springs that popped out of the ground above the hillside orchard.

The ground was covered with soft pine needles and the slope was gentle.

He paused only long enough to ascertain that Jess's buckskin was still missing and that his own gray was all right, then climbed through a back window and dropped to the ground outside.

Horse smell was very strong, and he could hear the crunch of grain being ground between strong jaws.

Setting a course straight for the house, he was covering ground fast when an angry bee buzzed past close to his face.

From high in the tree, the whole block lay within range of the eye, but the ground was almost nowhere visible.

The curb was a line of stone laid edgewise in the dirt and tilted this way and that by frost in the ground or the roots of trees.

Strindberg's remedy for this condition was to tear down the old structures and build anew from the ground up.

Without further inquiry, Pike jumped to the conclusion that Robinson was guilty, and, following the honorable route that would eventually lead to the dueling ground, sent a message to Robinson through his friends, demanding that he either confirm or deny his complicity.

To Pike, silence was tantamount to an admission of guilt, and he determined to get Robinson onto the dueling ground at all costs.

There was no time in the short Mexican encounter to evolve a solution but the area provided a proving ground for new departures in the near future.

Adams was not breaking new ground when he claimed that the worship of an unseen power was in reality a reflection of man's inability to cope with his environment.

Perhaps after the soldiers had laid him on the ground, while Joseph of Arimathea was at Pontius Pilate's asking for Christ's body, Nicodemus was gathering his mixture of myrrh and aloes, and the others had gone home to mourn.

It was built by the Pasterns, and stands on the acre of ground that adjoins our property.

Its ground for this recommendation was that, while petitioner claimed before the local board August 17, 1956 ( as evidenced by its memorandum in his file of that date ), that he was devoting 100 hours per month to actual preaching, the headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses reported that he was no longer doing so and, on the contrary, had relinquished both his Pioneer and Bible Student Servant positions.

and ground had been broken for the superintendent's home.

* 1914 – A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.

In 2006, shortly after Hurricane Ernesto affected Bath, North Carolina, eleven year-old Kevin Schanze discovered a piece of metal debris on the ground near his beach home.

A remarkable achievement, since AZ is financially not a big club and it does not have a similar fanbase like their Eredivisie rivals: AZ's home ground in the 2005 – 06 season, the Alkmaarderhout, had a spectator capacity of 8, 390.

Craven Cottage is the name of a football stadium located in Fulham, London, and has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F. C.

Much like the 2007 play-in game when it was not clear whether or not Matt Holliday had touched home plate with the game-winning run, there was question as to whether Barmes actually caught the ball, as photos later emerged showing the ball apparently sliding down his arm as he went to the ground.

Chelsea have only ever had one home ground, Stamford Bridge, where they have played since foundation.

England's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London and their manager is Roy Hodgson.

Wembley Stadium was opened in 1923 and became their home ground.

Following the 1991 season, Essendon moved from its traditional home ground at Windy Hill to the larger and newly renovated MCG.

They play at Craven Cottage, a ground on the banks of the River Thames in Fulham which has been their home since 1896.

Matches in the FA Cup are usually played at the home ground of one of the two teams.

In the event of a draw, the replay is played at the ground of the team who originally played away from home, with a penalty shootout deciding the winner if the replay game also ends in a tie.

In the summer of 1973, Parsons ' Topanga Canyon home burned to the ground, the result of a stray cigarette.

Geelong holds a number of league records including the longest winning streak in AFL / VFL history ( 23 games ); the most goals kicked in a single game ( on two occasions-37. 17 ( 239 ) against Brisbane in 1992 and 37. 11 ( 233 ) against Melbourne in 2011 ); the highest score recorded in a single game ( 37. 17 ( 239 ) against Brisbane in 1992 ; the highest-ever aggregate season total for points scored ( 3, 334 points in 1992 ); the record for restricting an opponent to the lowest ever score in a game ( St Kilda 0. 1 ( 1 ) in 1899 ); the most consecutive 100-point victories ( 3 games in a row, in 1989 ); the longest winning streak in interstate games ( 12 games ) and achieved the longest home ground winning streak in VFL / AFL history — 29 games straight at Simonds Stadium ( also known as Kardinia Park ).

In modern baseball, the feat is typically achieved by hitting the ball over the outfield fence between the foul poles ( or making contact with either foul pole ) without first touching the ground, resulting in an automatic home run.

A batted ball that hits the ground ( in fair territory ) and bounces out of play is not a home run, but a ground rule double.

* Any fixed object where a particular ballpark's ground rules specifically state that a batted ball striking that object is a home run.

Over 40, 000 strong, well motivated and supremely confident, the Zulu were a formidable force on their own home ground, despite the almost total lack of modern weaponry.

Sudden falls, sometimes resulting in major injury to the skull or other bones, can occur, even from walking on minimally-irregular ground or from other minor imbalances outside or in the home, due to weakness of quadriceps and gluteus muscles depriving the patient of automatic posture maintenance.

The park is also home to the Cascades Ice Cream Co. which opens when there is usually still snow on the ground and stays open until October.

This move made the Wizards the third MLS team to share their home ground with a baseball team.

A long pole surmounted by the figure of a bird, usually a dove, derived from the standards used in battle, was placed by the family in the ground at the home of a man who had died far afield in war and who could not be brought home for funeral and burial.