Sentence examples for lowly standing from inspiring English sources

The artist's crime was to depict Stalin seated beneath the party's leaders, reflecting his lowly standing then.

If Rubio had come back with a quick jab at Christie's record as governor or his lowly standing in the polls, he could have escaped relatively unscathed.

Britain's lowly standing in the sport has long been a source of embarrassment and the All-Party Parliamentary Tennis Group has spent three weeks gathering evidence to try and find out where it is all going wrong.

Beyond the predominance of singer-songwriters, the list offers no sense of a prevalent trend in British music – although the current lowly standing of traditional NME-approved indie rock is reflected by the appearance of only one group to whom you could really apply that term: Wolf Alice.

Goater has also played for the Bermudian national team 36 times, scoring 32 goals, though due to Bermuda's lowly standing in world football he never played in a major international tournament.

The Rangers, crushed by pitching injuries, are taking on water in the AL West, with only the lowly Astros standing between them and the cellar.

Elgin have conceded eight goals without reply in their two cup outings so far, but the addition of some experience from higher leagues could help them improve their lowly league standing.

A lowly inventor is standing by a wooden box bristling with antennae.

Right from the start, the duo seemed entirely unconcerned with fitting in: it was as if French pop's lowly global standing enabled them to disregard accepted notions of cool and create their own version, relying entirely on their own tastes and instincts.

Our lowly social standing was sealed long before the market meltdown of 2008.

The Christmas carol Once in Royal David's City contrasts Christ's humble birth with his heavenly session; the last verse begins: Not in that poor lowly stable, With the oxen standing by, We shall see Him; but in Heaven, Set at God's right hand on high;.