high and low

adverb

Examples of high and low in a Sentence

I've been looking high and low for my glasses.
Recent Examples on the Web Shaping them just right to frame your face, searching high and low for the best products, painstakingly drawing on hairs for thickness. Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 4 Apr. 2024 Populations cycle between high and low depending on several factors including predators, food sources and weather conditions. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2024 Here and elsewhere, Jude expresses a love of movies that flows freely and irrepressibly, eroding barriers between high and low. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024 Average high and low temperatures for March 8 and 9 in Milwaukee are 42 degrees and about 27 degrees, respectively, according to Wisconsin State Climatology Office data. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024 On Friday and Saturday, the high and low temperatures are expected to drop to the normal range for this time of year: highs around 50 and lows around 30, Brad Temeyer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill, told the Kansas City Star on Wednesday. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024 The movement produces a rapid pulse in high and low frequencies. USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024 This drumming produces rapid pulses in high and low frequencies. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Feb. 2024 Oscillators are technical analysis tools that construct high and low bands between two extreme values and then build a trend indicator that fluctuates within these bounds. Randy Watts, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1525, in the meaning defined above

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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 26 Apr. 2024.

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