How to Use low country in a Sentence

low country

noun
  • Split a half pound of peel-and-eat shrimp for $14, then try the low country catfish for $17.
    Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2018
  • The result is kind of like a really boozy low country boil!
    Aly Walansky, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • These transition zones are most often either along the swamps and bogs of the low country or high up on the ridges and mountains.
    Hal Blood, Outdoor Life, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Jeremiah spearheads whipping up a low country boil complete with corn, crawfish, potatoes and sausage, shrimp and crab.
    Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Yes, this low country is home to a whole lot of berry bogs and the museum is rightly famous for its outstanding cranberry ice cream.
    Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 25 June 2022
  • What’s happening Topside Terrace Kitchen & Bar will host an all-you-can-eat, al fresco, low country boil.
    Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 June 2018
  • South Carolina’s low country is forecast to get 4 to 8 inches of rain, with as much as a foot in some places, according to the hurricane center.
    Dan Frosch, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The impact of the Murdaugh murders and the media circus that followed will likely be felt for a long time to come in this quiet corner of South Carolina’s low country.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The accusations against Murdaugh are part of a wild series of events that have captured the attention of the South Carolina low country, where the saga is taking place, as well as the rest of the nation.
    Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The brunch menu offers delicious favorites like low country shrimp and grits and chicken and waffles, plus sides of andouille sausage, smoked bacon with hot honey, and more.
    Kylee Van Horn and Allison Knott, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Driftwood Bistro is a favorite among locals for its classic low country fare, while The Wharf offers the only waterfront dining on the island.
    Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Enjoy traditional low country style architecture and great views on the dock in the exterior of Country Living House of the Year 2008.
    Country Living, 21 Sep. 2010
  • Murdaugh's arrest follows an almost unbelievable series of events that has captured the attention of the South Carolina low country, where the saga is taking place — and the rest of the nation.
    Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • However, with rapid growth in the low country and in the suburban counties bordering Charlotte, the demographics here are changing.
    W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 16 June 2020
  • They were dispatched to work on plantations to harvest tobacco or cotton, and in the low country lands to cultivate rice for wealthy white plantation owners, the very cash crops that help build the wealth of the state and, by extension, the nation.
    Syreeta McFadden, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2021
  • Arrington bet that voters in the low country would see Mace as something of a flip-flop, first condemning Trump hard after the Capitol insurrection and eventually softening her attacks.
    Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 14 June 2022
  • The series explores the legacy of the Murdaugh family, whose decades of powerful influence over the legal system in the South Carolina low country unravels amid accusations of fraud, deception and murder.
    Ej Panaligan, Variety, 18 Oct. 2022
  • There were many of those to be found on Tuesday morning, as the conservative congressman and former governor held a series of public events in his low country coastal district that became cathartic anti-Republican therapy sessions.
    Jim Newell, Slate Magazine, 18 Apr. 2017
  • Backcountry South Carolina was rough and rustic, wholly unlike the coastal low country, where wealthy planters, overseeing an enslaved black population that already outnumbered white people 2-1, grew rice and long-staple cotton on vast estates.
    Charlotte Allen, Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Tidewater Grill, featuring casual low country cuisine, is another excellent option.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2021

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