lowlife

Example Sentences

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Frank is a lowlife antihero for the ages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

“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

People call New York a cesspool, but New Yorkers would never knuckle under to intolerance and let some lowlife get away with drawing swastikas.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman