lowlife

Example Sentences

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I worried they’d see him as a lowlife rather than a man who had lost everything and who needed their help to get it back, that they would have other priorities.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2023

“My son Jonathan was a thousand times more of a man than this lowlife could ever even dream of being,” Justine Amerault said.

From Washington Times • May 27, 2022

"I want every bounty hunter and lowlife to squeeze him," she says of Obi-Wan in one shot.

From Salon • May 5, 2022

“American Buffalo” is a heist comedy about three small-time criminals hoping to steal a possibly valuable nickel, but its also a no-holds-barred portrait of lowlife desperation and greed.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2021

“My stunning resemblance to that lowlife O’Doyle is but one result of Petey’s curse, and perhaps the least of them. You shall see.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles