lowery

[ lou-uh-ree, louuhr-ee ]

adjective

1. dark and gloomy; threatening:

   a lowery sky.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lowery¹

1640–50; earlier lowry. See lower ², -y ¹

Example Sentences

“Today, he occupies the space filled by Chris Rock in the 1990s and Dave Chappelle in the early 2000s,” Wesley Lowery wrote in the Washington Post, “A Black comedian who doubles as one of our most thoughtful political commentators.”

From Salon

Eliasson worked with Museum of Contemporary Art senior curator José Luis Blondet, associate curator Rebecca Lowery and present and past curatorial assistants Emilia Nicholson-Fajardo and Anastasia Kahn.

From Los Angeles Times

“We started to place a higher premium on artists working on issues of climate change,” said curator Rebecca Lowery.

From Los Angeles Times

Frank and Theresa Walker of Illinois shared the view that the US was “going to hell” under the Biden-Harris administration, and Gem Lowery - a Trump voter in Florida - said she did not like Harris’s pick for vice-president or the “weird” label they have used when discussing Trump, Mr Vance and the Republican platform.

From BBC

“I think the Democrats are the weird ones,” Lowery told the BBC.

From BBC

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