lowery

Example Sentences

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They were willing to show their liberal intent by binding themselves to run their trains only in rainy or "lowery" weather, or when the ground was damp.

From The Rainy Day Railroad War by Day, Holman

The morning of the 30th was lowery, but the clouds dispersed as the day advanced.

From Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by Stevens, George T.

It was a dark, lowery morning, not very inviting abroad, for an April shower was then falling.

From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Whittelsey, Mrs. A. G.

In general the mornings are apt to be lowery, with fogs hanging low until, say, 9 o’clock, so that one cannot predict weather for the day.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

The sky was lowery, and the sandy road heavy with the recent rain, when we started.

From Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time by Gilmore, James R.