Sentence examples for drew a low from inspiring English sources

The sky was dim and the city drew a low and squat outline against the horizon: not very impressive.

Mr. Rolfe drew a low starting position for his heat — one of the three 12-lap qualifying races — and failed to qualify the traditional way.

But at the end of that year, he became eligible for induction after he drew a low number in a draft lottery held on Dec. 1, 1969.

In a way, in his statement, he did just that. he drew a low number in a draft lottery held on Dec. 1, 1969.

Radcliffe drew a low seed and, thus, an early round match with one of the best teams in the country: the Norwich University Cadets, who had beaten the Harvard women earlier in the year.

The Times suggested that Blumenthal was impelled to get a spot in the Reserves because the deferment game was more or less up and he drew a low number in a draft lottery held on Dec. 1, 1969.

The trainers must draw a low number to get an advantageous draft selection.

Unlucky in life — unsuccessful at school, awkward with girls, poor at sports — Jacob draws a low draft number and is sent to Vietnam.

Because presidential primaries typically draw a low turnout, and are usually dominated by party activists, such endorsements can be critical if elected officials mobilize their political machinery on behalf of a candidate.

3rd over: England 17-0 (Strauss 10, Denly 6) Steyn's first ball snakes past the groping Denly's outside edge, and the second draws a low edge to third man.

As a student, he rode the subway from the Y.M.C.A. where he lived (as a result of drawing a low number for the Juilliard campus housing lottery) to the Museum of Television and Radio and worked through a comedy syllabus of his own, watching tapes of Johnny Carson and Steve Martin, his favorite.