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[ lou-uh-ree, louuhr-ee ] / ˈlaʊ ə ri, ˈlaʊər i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lowery ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedark and gloomy; threatening: a lowery sky. Origin of lowery1640–50; earlier lowry.See lower2, -y1 Words nearby lowerylower school, Lower Slobbovia, lower the boom on, lower uterine segment, lower world, lowery, Lowes, Lowe's syndrome, lowest common denominator, lowest common multiple, Lowestoft Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for loweryLowery says he saw Cain out and about in Atlanta over the years, but rarely ever with his wife. Herman Cain's Marriage Shaken by Infidelity Charges|Allison Samuels|December 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST Why, it was Ms. Lowery in the living room with the yoga stick! Lights, Camera, Cocktails|Brody Brown|July 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST Both the tradition of that preaching and Dr. Lowery as its living embodiment are worth a close look. Why Black Preachers Are Better|Howell Raines|January 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST Rev. Lowery had direct links to all the mountain-top events of the movement. Why Black Preachers Are Better|Howell Raines|January 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Howell Raines on what Rev. Lowery and other African-American preachers have added this week to the Obama mystique. Why Black Preachers Are Better|Howell Raines|January 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST So, then I called Lowery to help me out, because I didn't know whether they might be involved or not. Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Now, at the time Lowery arrived, was Lieutenant Swain there? Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Then it was a dark, lowery, and rainy day in the latter part of November. The Knights of the White Shield|Edward A. Rand He was looking nearly as lowery as the rain-clouds, and even West came from his reverie, asking what was the trouble. The Brand|Therese Broderick Lowery's father was also a minister, before him, in the Christian Church. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920|Various
Words related to lowerydangerous, sinister, ugly, dire, alarming, aggressive, cautionary, lowering, looming, bullying, near, warning, black, close, impending, scowling, terrorizing, overhanging, portending, apocalyptic |