low-browed
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 ā 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 ā Sep. 21, 2016
Several low-browed, roughly dressed men sat in a group on the grass playing cards.
From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Grace Brooks Hill
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 Stanley John Weyman
The man who answered was a Norman; and short of stature, and wrinkled and low-browed of feature, with a thatch of hair and a full beard, he seemed the embodiment of the women's apprehensions.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman