Lowry

[ lou-ree ]

noun

1. (Clarence) Malcolm (Bo·den) [bohd, -n], 1909–57, U.S. novelist, born in England.
2. a male given name, form of Lawrence.

lowry

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/ ˈlaʊrɪ /

noun

1. See lory
   another name for lory

Lowry

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/ ˈlaʊrɪ /

noun

1. LowryL(awrence) S(tephen)18871976MEnglishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter L ( awrence ) S ( tephen ). 1887–1976, English painter, noted for his bleak northern industrial scenes, often containing primitive or stylized figures
2. Lowry(Clarence) Malcolm19091957MBritishWRITING: novelistWRITING: writer ( Clarence ) Malcolm. 1909–57, British novelist and writer, best known for his semiautobiographical novel Under the Volcano (1947)

Example Sentences

Lowry would have represented a major addition for either the 76ers or the Miami Heat, a crucial piece for postseason matchups with the Nets’ Kyrie Irving and James Harden or the Milwaukee Bucks’ Jrue Holiday.

From Washington Post

Yet it was Lowry who wrote the letters from Pamala to Joseph.

From Washington Post

Toronto’s decision not to trade Lowry was the day’s biggest surprise, but it appears President Masai Ujiri’s asking price was ultimately too high.

From Washington Post

Lowry believes that prospective homeowners should approach the process much like the way people strategize around paying for college.

From Time

Lowry says that when she got married, her husband had about $50,000 worth of student loans.

From Time

There are legitimate criticisms of the study, but not because it includes “attempted forced kissing,” as Lowry suggested.

From The Daily Beast

Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review, called that statistic “bogus.”

From The Daily Beast

In a brand new foreword to her novel that is being re-released with branding ties to the movie, Lowry discusses this.

From The Daily Beast

Where did the idea for The Giver come from, and how involved was Lowry in the screen adaptation?

From The Daily Beast

When it comes to dystopian, young adult fiction, Lois Lowry was the trailblazer.

From The Daily Beast

After resting a few hours we were formed in line of battle across an old field with only Lowry's brigade on our left.

From Project Gutenberg

This phenomenon has been called mutarotation by T. M. Lowry.

From Project Gutenberg

And Angeline really had no correspondence with Harvey Lowry.

From Project Gutenberg

How dare Harvey Lowry have sent one of those to any one else?

From Project Gutenberg

Certainly it was he who suggested an invention of the Lowry-Turck love affair.

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