Wondering how to use Lowly in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as humble or inferior.
Lowly in a sentence
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Lowly meaning
- Not high; not elevated in place; low.
- Low in rank or social importance.
- Not lofty or sublime; humble.
Synonyms of Lowly
Using Lowly
- The main meaning on this page is: Not high; not elevated in place; low. | Low in rank or social importance. | Not lofty or sublime; humble.
- Useful related words include: humble, inferior, unskilled, menial.
- In the example corpus, lowly often appears in combinations such as: the lowly, against lowly, to lowly.
Context around Lowly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lowly
- In this selection, "lowly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, talks, once, livingston, cal and desk stand out and add context to how "lowly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a lowly assistant or and as a lowly desk clerk. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lowly" sits close to words such as adhesive, aleppo and apprehend, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lowly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, Ashlee reverses the statement, claiming Jill talks lowly of the girls behind their backs. (15 words)
From the president on down to lowly journalists, failing to support Israel is a career-ending move. (17 words)
Posh are back in action on Boxing Day when lowly Reading visit the Weston Homes Stadium (3pm). (17 words)
Sunderland - who remain a big club in their own right but have come from the lowly depths of League One - have already shown they can box clever and they'll need another summer of doing just that. (37 words)
A run of four games before the winter break has the makings of a season-defining stretch for Celtic and it starts with a home clash with lowly Livingston before Santa comes down the chimney. (35 words)
The Lions take on lowly Italian side Zebre, who haven’t won a game this season, at 1pm at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, with the hosting Leinster at 4pm in a unique double-header fixture. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A run of four games before the winter break has the makings of a season-defining stretch for Celtic and it starts with a home clash with lowly Livingston before Santa comes down the chimney.
Coming off an ugly loss at lowly Cal last week, the Buffaloes dominated the visiting Ducks from the opening tip to post a 68-41 victory at the CU Events Center.
Denis Cox senior began his career as a lowly desk clerk before working his way up to becoming CEO of various racecourses.
Even the people who we’re supposed to be cosying up to must think we’re a joke when we send our lowly little frigate into military practice with some nuclear super powers.
Fergus had to inform them regretfully that the individual concerned was not the most powerful politician in the land but one of his lowly feature writers.
From the president on down to lowly journalists, failing to support Israel is a career-ending move.
However, Ashlee reverses the statement, claiming Jill talks lowly of the girls behind their backs.
If Nate’s forced to work as a lowly assistant or in some other role that he feels is beneath him, he may have reservations about taking the job.
In the outcome, the Supreme Court will surely be turned into a lowly rubber stamp of the monster state like the ill-fated German courts under Nazi Germany.
Lewis Hamilton will start today’s sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix from a lowly 18th as Max Verstappen took pole position.
Not that long ago, the Tigers (43-17) were just a lowly 16-13 squad, on a road to anywhere but Omaha.
Posh are back in action on Boxing Day when lowly Reading visit the Weston Homes Stadium (3pm).
Sunderland - who remain a big club in their own right but have come from the lowly depths of League One - have already shown they can box clever and they'll need another summer of doing just that.
That injury could loom large down the stretch, though the Bulldogs have lowly New Mexico and San Diego State remaining on their schedule.
The Baggies, who head to lowly Rotherham on Good Friday, last week lost O'Shea and Jayson Molumby to injury, with Matt Phillips and Grady Diangana already out for the season.
The Lakers season was encapsulated in that record-setting game: LeBron played great and the Lakers still lost, 133-130 to the lowly Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Lions take on lowly Italian side Zebre, who haven’t won a game this season, at 1pm at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, with the hosting Leinster at 4pm in a unique double-header fixture.
The once lowly onion has been in high demand since late last year, even with soaring prices due to smuggling and overpricing by traders.
The reason given was that they were still being subjected to the lowly status despite conversion to a different faith.
The verse continues, “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Common combinations with lowly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the lowly 24×
- against lowly 8×
- to lowly 8×
- at lowly 7×
- as lowly 6×
- and lowly 6×
- lowly in 5×
- lowly status 4×
- their lowly 4×
- from lowly 3×