Adjective : lowering skies.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to lower a flag. ,to lower the water in a canal. ,Please lower your voice. ,His bad actions lowered him in my eyes. ,The vowel of "clerk" is lowered to (.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : The brook lowers in early summer. Stock prices rise and lower constantly. ,the sun lowering in the west.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : the Lower Devonian.    From Dictionary.com. 

Lately, I had been taking what I call the lowering approach to writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juxtaposition | Goblin Mercantile Exchange] Reference

The 21-year-old righthander struck out five in lowering his ERA to 0.77.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

The righthander struck out two without a walk in lowering his ERA to 2.00.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Assist hotel properties in lowering costs related to government taxes, fees and more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Bog's Blog: July 2009 Archives] Reference

This seem to be a bold initiative that might help in lowering down sympathies for Taliban.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Voices in English » Pakistan: Rallying Against The Taliban] Reference

Melissa: What has been the the GOP platform in lowering the unemployment numbers? lovable liberal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top economists say unemployment coming down, but slowly] Reference

Awhile back there was a thread here discussing the benefits of nopal powder in lowering cholesterol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nopal Vendors] Reference

They need to know that we are pushing for a public option, so they need to begin lowering their cost now!.    From Wordnik.com.  [King: GOP sees fertile ground in taxes, pocketbook issues] Reference

The righthander gave up just two singles, walking one and striking out seven in lowering his ERA to 2.78.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

There is another downside risk: QE may not even succeed in lowering interest rates, or lowering them very much.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Easier Money Won't Work] Reference

The education of girls and women is the single biggest factor in lowering birth rates and all the good that follows.    From Wordnik.com.  [international women's day] Reference

If one were truly interested in lowering the abortion rate, one would look into lowering the unplanned pregnancy rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [America's Deep, Dark Secret] Reference

If they were truly interested in lowering taxes they could stop asking for the state to pay for all their pet projects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » States ‘with the most to gain under health care reform are overwhelmingly represented by Republicans.’] Reference

It will have some effec t in lowering mortgage rates, and lower mortgage rates will put a little more money into people's pockets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Easier Money Won't Work] Reference

SCHNEIDER (voice-over): It's called lowering expectations.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2008] Reference

I understand the idea of lowering expectations, but still….    From Wordnik.com.  [dustbury.com » Scraping by] Reference

Why won’t the government help in lowering the cost of insurance?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dear President Obama #243: “Family Feud”] Reference

I then conceived the idea of lowering a lantern at the end of a cord.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) Boule de Suif and Other Stories] Reference

Last month, Stephen Colbert mused about the notion of lowering the drinking age.    From Wordnik.com.  [CampusProgress.org] Reference

And that is the idea of lowering gas consumption by 20 percent over the next ten years.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2007] Reference

The hapless Electoral Commission have rejected the idea of lowering the UK voting age to 16.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hapless in London!] Reference

However, the Slovak government has so far resisted the idea of lowering VAT on food products.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slovak Spectator] Reference

The lowering was a trifling affair, and the massive stick was soon lying at its length on the sands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homeward Bound or, the Chase] Reference

He ' s clearly a class-warfare guy, and so I don ' t think he likes the idea of lowering top tax rates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ryan] Reference

A novel compound provides long-term lowering of blood glucose levels and improves plasma lipids (fat.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

This is huge and if you recall lowering administrative costs were a big reason for having a public option.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

He’s only got a job for another 4 months, so he has no interst in lowering the price of a barrel of oil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Fund-Raiser Goes On, Despite Accident - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Intuitively, the GLBA may be characterized as lowering and regularizing the cost of cross-industry operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Picture] Reference

In campaigns, this type of tactic happens on a much lower scale all the time; it's called lowering expectations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Schmeltzer: Lieberman Team New Credo: "Reports of our Political Death are Greatly Exaggerated... By US"] Reference

Whose to say, he asked, that banks, if they're pushed to the edge, won't be responsive to the idea of lowering principal?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

All the participants in the debate, but Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), backed the idea of lowering the social insurance wight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)] Reference

I can understand the idea of lowering taxes to try and stimulate the economy, but would not a true conservative also reduce spending.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

Business associations and centrist think tanks have long pushed the idea of lowering the sales tax rate while broadening it to services.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freep.com - RSS] Reference