Sentence examples for a lowly background from inspiring English sources

Tenoch has wealthy parents flowing with social connections, and a maid to bring him sandwiches whenever he asks; his best friend, Julio Zapata (Gael García Bernal), comes from a lowly background and lives in a cramped apartment.

By Pankaj Mishra Rousseau's lowly background made him the Enlightenment's great outsider.

That is surprising, given that Americans are ardent betters on sport and, as with soccer and cricket, sportsmen there are often youths from lowly backgrounds.In 2009 punters bet almost $2.6 billion on sports in Nevada's casinos (apart from a handful of sport-related lotteries, it is the only state in which such wagers are legal).

Some of the greatest dancers have come from the lowliest backgrounds.

The police authorities generally belonged to the social elite, but the men they hired came from very diverse backgrounds, as policing was considered a lowly occupation.

"I'm a lowly little college professor".

LONG before Baobab became a lowly journalist he scraped a living as a lowly academic.

I'm just a lowly captain".

Rick Santorum, who did well in Iowa, placed a lowly fifth.

The Rays' odds stood at a lowly 0.5 percent.

He was a lowly store clerk from Quetta.