lowly

Example Sentences

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Paulson used an analogy involving a children’s book character named Lowly Worm who eats peas that create visible bumps on his body.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Lowly Millwall hold a slender advantage against a West Brom side that simply have not got going yet.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024

“For example, there is no KD or a Giannis. The best guys are DeRozan, Lowly and Conley. But if some guys opt out of their contracts and become unrestricted free agents, then that changes things.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2021

Lowly Chorley will have its moment against the comparative might of Derby County in name only: Derby, missing its entire first team, will be forced to field a squad of teenage hopefuls.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2021

The book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, was published in two volumes in March, 1852.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry