How to Use down-low in a Sentence
down-low
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Consider keeping plans on the down-low for a few more days.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
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Really a drug dealer on the down-low.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
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Wiener, in his on-the-down-low shadow campaign, has raised a bit over $1 million, not nearly enough.
—Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Some do it on the down-low while others use nonnative and albino snakes, like Molieri does.
—Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
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More recently, Austin has kept his relationship on the down-low.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 July 2026
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The attraction is palpable, even if the need to keep it on the down-low is inherently understood.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
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Here are five takeaways about how the venue kept the concert on the down-low, what Kelly wore and the odds of an MGK tour.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
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Gasseau, the Bruins’ seventh-round pick in 2021, managed down-low coverage in the defensive zone.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Silky shooter Sonia Citron and down-low force Kiki Iriafen each earned All-Rookie honors last year.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 May 2026
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Andrew Peeke and Hampus Lindholm duplicated down-low coverage on Ohgren.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
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George similarly kept her third pregnancy on the down-low before revealing Lyor's birth with a March 2024 Instagram snap of the newborn's foot.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026
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The Christophers introduces itself as another indie spin on a familiar conceit, then heads in a much more empathetic direction than Soderbergh’s usual portrayal of burglars on the down-low.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
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The owner of the SPARC cannabis company began growing medical marijuana on the down-low in 1998.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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