- a variation of lower.
lour
Americannoun
verb
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He who, when storms about his land did lour, Faced them, and rode them out, and to the goal Of glory, and to safety's haven brought His mighty charge!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 by Various
What though the clouds that o'er me lour Have tinged ye with a mournful hue, Deep in my heart I felt your power, And bless ye, while I sigh—Adieu!
From The Diary of an Ennuyée by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
For the leaden lour of the heavens pointed to the coming of a storm.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
Who can retire to rest when tempests lour?
From Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs by Bloomfield, Robert
Now's the day, and now's the hour, See the front o' battle lour, See approach proud Edward's power, Chains and slaverie.
From Charles Dickens and Music by Lightwood, James T.
On press night, clouds loured over the first play, drizzle dampened the second, and unremitting rain called an early halt to the third.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2012
A darkness loured all day in the west even under the rain-clouds.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
A projecting low-browed arch, which had loured over many an innocent, and many a guilty head, in similar circumstances, now spread its dark frowns over that of Nigel.
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir
He chases away the evil clouds and the dark cobwebs of the brain, which have spoilt love and joy for us, which day and night have loured on us.
From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Johnson, William Savage
Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York, And all the clouds that loured upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
It’s finished in a louring Baconian grey, the colour of a hospital gurney.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2016
The tour was fraught, the death of Curtis louring over it.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
Biggest Upset: The inclusion of Nick Cave on the festival lineup raised some eyebrows as to how, say, Red Hot Chili Pepper fans would react to Cave’s unique brand of darkly louring poetic rock.
From Time ● Apr. 23, 2013
And in some of the drawings, the perspective is clearly altered to emphasise the sinister, louring effects of the temple colonnades.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2013
At a cost of considerable will-power, apparently, the wounded man collected himself and levelled at Matthias his louring, but now less dull, regard.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
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