low-water mark
the lowest point reached by a low tide.
something indicating the bottom of a decline.
the lowest or least admirable level: the low-water mark of political chicanery.
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How to use low-water mark in a sentence
The league’s low-water mark has been set in three consecutive seasons.
The stock market hit its low on Day 50 of the Obama administration – and has more than doubled from that low water mark since.
The boundary of a natural pond or lake, either in its natural state or raised artificially, is low-water mark.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe tide of fortune having touched low-water mark, the usual gentle stage of improvement set in.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThe production of The Whore of Babylon marks the low-water mark of his unfortunate career.
However, by State rulings within the present century, Brooklyn was permitted to exercise jurisdiction to low-water mark.
A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II | Stephen M. OstranderThe species are to be found from low-water mark to a depth of one hundred fathoms or more.
The Sea Shore | William S. Furneaux
British Dictionary definitions for low-water mark
the level reached by seawater at low tide or by other stretches of water at their lowest level
the lowest point or level; nadir
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