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Example sentences for: lowly

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

A finer distinction: not just one bird for two, but a lowly bird instead of a lofty one.
The only negative reviews come from two critics who write for big papers--Stephen Holden of the New York Times and Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today --which makes you wonder if they've got so successful they've forgotten the torture a jammed copy machine can inflict on the lowly.
In addition, the concept of increased variation in lowly expressed genes is incorporated into the selection model through the higher fold change requirements for differential gene selection at low expression levels.
The apex of the pyramid--a world away from the lowly Badgers--is student body president Bill Clinton, a fun-loving kid who transferred to Washington just a few years ago.
A reverent profile of John le Carré defends him from the lowly designation of "spy novelist" and bemoans his under-recognition in literary circles.