"Lower its head, lower it!" he said to a soldier who had accidentally
lowered the French eagle he was holding before the Preobrazhensk standards.
By the assistance of some rudely constructed machinery, the heavily laden basket was now carefully
lowered down among the multitude; and, from the giddy pinnacle, the Romans were seen gathering confusedly round it; but owing to the vast height and the prevalence of a fog, no distinct view of their operations could be obtained.
Volcanoes, so plentiful in the first days of the world, are being extinguished by degrees; the internal heat is weakened, the temperature of the lower strata of the globe is
lowered by a perceptible quantity every century to the detriment of our globe, for its heat is its life."
In this way, any person from the outside could have drawn back the bolt, and opened the door, and have dropped (or have been noiselessly
lowered by an accomplice) into the room--its height, as already observed, being only seven feet.
One boat lowered away with the plugs out, filled with women and children and then with water, and capsized.
Evidently the strange steamboat had lowered its boats.
I said I had meant no harm, and hoped I had not
lowered myself in his estimation by raising him a few rods in the air.
The two rolled growling upon the moss, tearing and rending one another in a frightful manner, but it was soon over and my preserver stood with lowered head above the throat of the dead thing which would have killed me.
They lowered their rifles and advanced pleasantly toward me placing their right hands upon my left shoulder, after the manner of their custom of salute, and asking me many questions about myself and my wanderings.
In response to the global financial crisis, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has
lowered interest rates by 2 percentage points since January and by 3 points since last summer.
Slavin also notes that metalcasting facilities will be hit hardest by the economic repercussions of a
lowered PEL, as it is a marginal business.