Definition of lownnext
dialect

Example Sentences

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Adjective
  • The Yankees, who have scored eight runs over their losing streak, were otherwise quiet against Brandon Young and Baltimore’s bullpen, going 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and stranding five runners.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 May 2026
  • Treatment rooms are tucked into a quiet section of the hotel, and the menu covers the usual range—massages, facials, and body treatments aimed largely at travelers recovering from long flights or long days of sightseeing.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
Adjective
  • The Orangery, one of nearly a dozen gardens, provides an exotic and tranquil refuge to recovery from the adrenaline.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Turning onto shady Little Road felt instantly tranquil.
    Christopher Spata, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Hiking in Kolob Canyons offers the kind of peaceful solitude that’s difficult to find in Zion.
    Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • The mood is cocooning, cinematic, and wonderfully peaceful.
    Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 9 May 2026
Adjective
  • Travelers seeking a serene Italian escape instead find traffic jams, long ferry lines and shoulder-to-shoulder crowds.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Outside is a serene garden under a canopy of branches weighed down by iridescent copper bells, all handmade.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Adjective
  • Last Summer is a hard movie to shake, precisely because its placid surfaces conflict so beautifully and unnervingly with its dark heart.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The 1981 painting is abstract and minimalist, a compilation of placid shades—pink, blue, and white lines—stacked horizontally.
    Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The wild, hushed world of Wellington may not be hidden behind those gates for long.
    Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
  • Daisy falls asleep that night reciting the same hushed prayer that the Pearl Girls invoked for her back in Toronto.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Adjective
  • Late contributions from Diggins and Elizabeth Williams provided a calm closing act, with the Sky outscoring the hosts 30-16 in the fourth quarter.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2026
  • The moment of calm belies what is turning out to be an unstoppable year for the Colombian, who FIFA announced on Friday as one of the stars headlining the World Cup’s opening ceremony in Mexico City on June 11.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
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“Lown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lown. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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