Example sentences for: lowlifes

How can you use “lowlifes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Washington Post 's Tom Shales says the show, about an unglamorous firm whose lawyers take on lowlifes as clients and work in shabby offices, skillfully interweaves several plots into a single episode.

  • Critics call this depressing coke-fueled vision of '80s Hollywood lowlifes more an actors' showcase than a drama: It's "a tedious circus of apoplectic speeches and explosive thespian snit fits" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey both give keen performances as strung-out movie-biz sharks, but most of the film is just talk (it was adapted from David Rabe's play), with a few bits of sex and violence the only action.

  • By creating the broad category, "$75,000 or more," the University of Chicago figures lump Bill Gates with lowlifes like Chatterbox and Linda Tripp.

  • The other extreme is represented by Blanche (Uma Thurman), a sleek and edgy sophisticate who has affairs with lowlifes as research for novels.

  • OK, OK, it's mostly Rush talking to wack-jobs on Social Security about the budget and Howard jawing with lowlifes on weed about breasts.


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