Lower Depths, The
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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This was the era of gritty movies about the counterculture and the lower depths, the era of Easy Rider and .
From Time
At the lower depths the water is so murky we can’t even read our dive computers much less see each other or the receivers.
From New York Times
Through the perfect fretwork of the upper branches the eastern light shone cold and pure; in the lower depths the gray gloom had not yet lifted.
From Project Gutenberg
Each hatchway gaped wide open, and from the lower depths the shrieking donkey-engines were hurrying the misassorted outfits skyward.
From Project Gutenberg
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