Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See lowery.

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  • adjective dark and gloomy; threatening; lowering

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Examples

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. politics/blog; politics = 1; nickname = marian-wright-edelman; entry_id = 173018; cradle-to-prison-pipeline = 1; criminal-justice = 1; glenn-loury = 1",

    Marian Wright Edelman: A Look at Race, Incarceration, and American Values 2009

  • "zone_info": "huffpost. chicago/blog; chicago = 1; entertainment = 1; featured-posts = 1; nickname = alden-loury; entry_id = 151359; barack-obama = 1; hbo = 1; patrick-fitzgerald = 1; political-corruption = 1; rod-blagojevich = 1; the-wire = 1; wiretapping = 1",

    Alden Loury: The Wire: Season 6? 2009

  • HPConfig. blog_id = 0; var ads_page_type = 'bpage'; var zone_info = "huffpost. politics/blog; politics = 1; nickname = marian-wright-edelman; entry_id = 173018; cradle-to-prison-pipeline = 1; criminal-justice = 1; glenn-loury = 1"; if (top!

    Marian Wright Edelman: A Look at Race, Incarceration, and American Values 2009

  • HPConfig. blog_id = 0; var ads_page_type = 'bpage'; var zone_info = "huffpost. chicago/blog; chicago = 1; entertainment = 1; featured-posts = 1; nickname = alden-loury; entry_id = 151359; barack-obama = 1; hbo = 1; patrick-fitzgerald = 1; political-corruption = 1; rod-blagojevich = 1; the-wire = 1; wiretapping = 1"; if (top!

    Alden Loury: The Wire: Season 6? 2009

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