low road
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He took the low road by spreading the blame among two other news organizations as well — the New York Times and NBC News, which scrambled to "match" the Post's reporting.
From Salon ● May 24, 2021
Mr. Giuliani’s condemnation of previous test results as “silly” takes the illogical low road of ad hominem argument.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2020
When he takes an especially low road and pushes Hugo to leave Jessalyn, Hugo responds with savvy and satisfying grace.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2020
But someone took the low road of providing the New Yorker details of the accusation contained in a letter from the woman to Ms. Feinstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2018
The death of these little children may lead our whole Southland from the low road of man’s inhumanity to man to the high road of peace and brotherhood.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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