low-browed
Example Sentences
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Neanderthals tend to be cast as the low-browed thugs of the prehistoric world, who stood little chance against the superior intellect and hunting prowess of our own ancestors.
From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2018
Willerslev said the latest findings added to the view that Neanderthals and other now extinct hominins, traditionally portrayed as low-browed prehistoric thugs, were “in reality not particularly different” from our own ancestors.
From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2016
He paused upon the road till, by the light which still shone from the gate of the castle, he saw her and her follower enter and disappear beneath the low-browed arch.
From Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
A dozen steps brought me to the low-browed door he had indicated, in the thickness of the wall at the foot of the main staircase.
From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John
The roof of cedar shakes projected over the gable, shading the low-browed entrance from the sun in summer, and protecting it in winter from the high-piled snows.
From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock
