How to Use lowly in a Sentence

lowly

adjective
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  • He was working as a lowly clerk.
  • He resented his lowly status.
  • On the more high-minded Douban, the rating was a lowly 5.8.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, even the lowly sound machine has gone high-tech these days.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The Chiefs travel to Denver for a matchup against the lowly Broncos (3-9).
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • After that, the Pac-12 slate begins in earnest at lowly Cal on Dec. 29.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The Mets have been shut out six times, the same number of times as the lowly Kansas City Royals.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
  • The likelihood of a loss to the lowly Beavers is south of 50 percent but well north of zero.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • As such, the Orioles should have at least $21.5 million more to spend than the lowly Royals.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • There was plenty of blame to go around in the Angels’ 11-8 loss to the lowly Kansas City Royals.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The Lakers are a lowly 11-16 and can’t seem to string together more than three wins at a time.
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The Sox now travel to Kansas City for a meeting with the lowly Royals.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Six years ago, Shohei Ohtani shocked the baseball world by signing with the lowly Angels.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The Panthers had won three in a row and six of seven before falling to the lowly Flyers.
    — Aaron Bracy, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Turns out that the accuracy of the median dot for the Fed Funds rate is a lowly 37%.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Then the host gave her a lowly three-star review for cleanliness.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The Sox are in the meat of their schedule with the exception of the lowly Cubs, who come to Fenway for a three-game set starting Friday.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2022
  • The methods that propelled you from a lowly count to the ruler of many kingdoms may not serve you well as emperor.
    — Barry Collins, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • And with the lowly Bears up next, the Patriots were almost certain to win their third straight and get over .500 for the first time this season.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022
  • That lowly figure makes the film the second biggest to be released in Korea this year.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The Cardinals’ final six games are all against the lowly Pirates.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2022
  • God uses the broken and lowly to confound the strong and powerful.
    — Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Read full article On Friday night, however, the Sox took care of the lowly A’s with a 7-3 win in the opener of a three-game set.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
  • Or if the Giants struggle against the lowly Diamondbacks and Cubs this week, would Zaidi wave the white flag and sell?
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2022
  • All to the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates. Greene has nasty stuff, but his control issues can bite him.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The Ravens got one good drive from backup quarterback Tyler Huntley last week to beat the lowly Broncos.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Toe to toe, on land, the hippo towers over its lowly opponent.
    — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023
  • When Grainge was seventeen, a talent agent in Soho hired him as a sandwich guy, the lowliest gofer.
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Even lowly marshmallow Rice Krispies treats had their sticky day.
    — Clorisa Phillips, ajc, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Even greater after a disappointing sweep at the hands of the lowly Cincinnati Reds earlier in the week.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023

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