lowlifes
- plural of lowlife.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps because of her proximity to these worlds, she conveys a palpable affection for lowlifes, eccentrics and outcasts.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2021
When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business, it soon triggers an array of plots and schemes from lowlifes who want his domain.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2020
Punch surveys the bleating lowlifes ringed around him on the beach, cheering, laughing, waiting for the next act, but their whoops sound fake, their howls of laughter hollow.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2019
The world Ellroy re-creates is filled with grifters, lowlifes of every stripe, corrupt politicians and police officers on the take.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2019
Meanwhile Billington pere made merry with other non-Puritan lowlifes and haphazardly plotted against authority.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
