low-life
Example Sentences
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Cyberpunk 2077: Gangs of Night City is a strange twist on the high-tech, low-life underbelly of the world brought to life by CD Projekt Red and Mike Pondsmith.
From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2022
‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’ All 14 episodes of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s relentlessly unpleasant 1980 miniseries, about assorted low-life characters in pre-WWII Germany, are to be screened over the course of five consecutive nights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
"How could they not care? It’s a child! I’m so mad, and I hope they catch that person because it’s a sorry low-life person."
From Fox News ● Sep. 25, 2021
The economic historian John Springhall noted that "often-reprinted serials about low-life crime and mystery … would have held a vicarious appeal for young metropolitan readers seeking a romantic escape from uneventful daily lives".
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2021
My dad was a bit of a low-life character himself in those days.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
