lowly
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Eyebrows were immediately raised, because at the time Newcastle were a lowly 19th in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
It’s unheard of for Cabinet members or the vice president to take such a lowly job.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
The ultraviolent 1991 film was directed by her former husband Renny Harlin and co-starred Samuel L. Jackson as a lowly private investigator.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
For instance, Washington would have been mortified to hear his rigorously trained Virginia Regiment characterized as a lowly militia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
His family had to be rich enough to pay for an extensive education, however, so it would be more proper to call his origins obscure rather than lowly.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Ephraim, younger and less weathered, will perform the lowlier chores, like scrubbing the floors and emptying the waste into the waves.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 18, 2019
Blackburn Rovers triumphed in 1995, but now languish in a lowlier division; most fans, and players, will remain keen on the biggest clubs.
From Economist ● May 2, 2016
The Olympics showed us a different model: superfit, lowlier but disciplined sports people whom I very much doubt were not at it day and night after competing.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2013
One explanation is that England, wittingly or not, approach their matches against the lowlier sides in a different way.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2011
It's in the lowlier"—he consults a paper—"in the lowlier strata that you find the men a man can follow, but the men that can't lead owing to the heel of the tyrang.
From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
George parlays this job into a major’s rank, but only in the Virginia Militia, not the Royal Army, whose officers continue to treat him like the lowliest private.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
And, he might have added, even the lowliest teams believe they have a chance to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
Sarah, not her real name, explained: “There was most definitely a culture of fear across the whole store - from the lowliest of the low, to the most senior person.”
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
This colorful, wreath-shaped cake is featured from January 6th until Fat Tuesday in the finest bakeries and the lowliest of supermarkets and just about everywhere in between.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024
“Now that you are among us, Cristiana is no longer the lowliest, and with her little authority, she must torment you,” Elnora explained with a weary patience.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
