In many cases, a room is filled from top to bottom with useless things.

VOA: special.2011.02.22

A ship that sailed from New York to San Francisco had to travel around the bottom of South America.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

Mail was usually carried west on ships that sailed around the bottom of South America and then north to California.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

They have an opening at the bottom for the fire and a place on top to put a pot.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

They want to be sure that he is not dealing off the bottom of the stack of cards.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

There was a new effort to build wealth from the bottom up, rather than from the top down.

VOA: special.2011.03.24

If the price of shares of a stock hits bottom that might be the time to buy it.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

The banker produced some papers and told average Joe to sign his John Hancock at the bottom.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

During the second orbit, one of these signals warned that the heat shield might not be locked firmly to the bottom of the spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

From the bottom of the valley to the top of El Cap is about 1100 meters.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

he said, "hit it good and hard, so we will all go to the bottom."

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Scientists believe strong earthquakes forced the bottom of the sea to rise above the water.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Flat-bottom boats have carried eighteen million cubic yards of dredged material to the island.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

This expression means to get to the bottom or most important part of something.

VOA: special.2010.05.16