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noun ˈləʊərɪŋ mass noun1The action of moving someone or something in a downward direction. conditions do not allow the lowering of a rescue boat the painting depicts the lowering of the Count's body into his tomb - 1.1 The action of making or becoming less in amount, intensity, or degree.
the lowering of the legal limit has exacerbated the situation several objections to the lowering of the minimum age to 18 had been heard in singular society has allowed a lowering of standards Synonyms reduction, decrease, downturn, downswing, devaluation, depreciation, lessening, diminishing, diminution, slackening, waning, dwindling, fading, ebb, falling off, abatement, drop, slump, plunge, tumble
adjective ˈlaʊərɪŋˈlaʊrɪŋ (of the sky) dark and threatening. Example sentencesExamples - At William Henry Harrison's March inauguration in 1841, he stepped to the podium without hat or overcoat, under a louring sky, his trouserlegs flapping in the bitter wind, and delivered the longest address on record.
- A breeze touched the white stone like a blind man finding his way and the lowering sky began to shift.
- The late watercolour of Stonehenge, with a louring sky relieved by a double rainbow, is one of his most dramatic illustrations of this idea.
nounˈlōəriNG 1The action of moving someone or something in a downward direction. conditions do not allow the lowering of a rescue boat the painting depicts the lowering of the Count's body into his tomb - 1.1 The action of making or becoming less in amount, intensity, or degree.
the lowering of the legal limit has exacerbated the situation several objections to the lowering of the minimum age to 18 had been heard in singular society has allowed a lowering of standards Synonyms reduction, decrease, downturn, downswing, devaluation, depreciation, lessening, diminishing, diminution, slackening, waning, dwindling, fading, ebb, falling off, abatement, drop, slump, plunge, tumble
adjectiveˈlaʊrɪŋˈlouriNG (of the sky) dark and threatening. Example sentencesExamples - At William Henry Harrison's March inauguration in 1841, he stepped to the podium without hat or overcoat, under a louring sky, his trouserlegs flapping in the bitter wind, and delivered the longest address on record.
- A breeze touched the white stone like a blind man finding his way and the lowering sky began to shift.
- The late watercolour of Stonehenge, with a louring sky relieved by a double rainbow, is one of his most dramatic illustrations of this idea.
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