lowery

Example Sentences

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It was a dark, lowery morning, not very inviting abroad, for an April shower was then falling.

From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Whittelsey, Mrs. A. G.

In general the mornings are apt to be lowery, with fogs hanging low until, say, 9 o’clock, so that one cannot predict weather for the day.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

The girls saved up one of Addison's socks, and on a lowery day in June, when they made pretty sure that he had stolen off fishing, Ellen ran over for Kate and Tyro.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

They were willing to show their liberal intent by binding themselves to run their trains only in rainy or "lowery" weather, or when the ground was damp.

From The Rainy Day Railroad War by Day, Holman

Then it was a dark, lowery, and rainy day in the latter part of November.

From The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play by Rand, Edward A.