high and low

adverb

Examples of high and low in a Sentence

I've been looking high and low for my glasses.
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Through every high and low, your love has carried us. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025 Through every high and low, your love has carried us. Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 Through every high and low, your love has carried us. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025 But most important to our search for the real Mary is that as a young girl she would have been exposed to a diverse environment combining Jewish, Greek, and Roman cultures, high and low, in a mix that was characteristic of the multicultural region of Galilee into which she was born. Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high and low

Word History

First Known Use

1525, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high and low was in 1525

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“High and low.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20and%20low. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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