How to Use low-grade in a Sentence

low-grade

adjective

• The 40-year-old missed the start of the season with a low-grade teres major strain.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023
• High-grade cancer cells grow and spread more rapidly than low-grade ones.
  — Jenny McCoy, Health, 10 Nov. 2023
• The shots from that doorbell camera are low-grade grainy and the audio sounds stuffed with earwax.
  — Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
• In fact, there are some companies out there that just want to make a quick buck off of people by selling low-grade products.
  — Carol Lee, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
• The kids started a game that soon turned into low-grade squabble, when, suddenly, an air-raid siren blared.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
• And there is another cost advantage: The process can use cheap, low-grade iron ores that are widely available around the world.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2022
• But the show’s real source is the low-grade titillation of Fox’s hot-mess black series Empire.
  — Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2023
• However, the flu usually also comes with low-grade fevers and body aches.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
• Symptoms can start like a common cold with fatigue, a low-grade fever, runny nose, sore throat or sneezing.
  — Keri Brenner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
• In low-grade digital video, a group of women huddled against the cold around a stove celebrate Women’s Day with a good-natured sing-off.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2024
• There is instead a backdrop of low-grade chaos, funny in its Southern volatility.
  — Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2024
• For example, a low-grade fever is a body temperature above normal but not above or just barely above the fever threshold.
  — Leah Groth, Health, 20 Sep. 2023
• Yet underlying all that gratitude was a low-grade anxiety: Would audiences and critics like the film, and would that be enough for a buyer to scoop it up and plan to distribute it?
  — Nicole Sperling Joel Barhamand, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Using over-the-counter anti-itch creams should not harm the skin because these products incorporate low-grade ingredients.
  — Danielle Zoellner, Verywell Health, 5 Oct. 2023
• In 2000 a team of scientists (Franceschi et al.) coined the term inflammaging which refers to chronic, low-grade inflammation that develops with advanced age.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• Posting cute little videos of dogs in need—the internet’s bread and butter, really—can draw some low-grade cyberbullying.
  — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
• For example, low-grade cancer cells more closely resemble normal cells than high-grade cancer cells.
  — Jenny McCoy, Health, 10 Nov. 2023
• Common norovirus symptoms include nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea, body aches, headaches, and a low-grade fever.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2023
• With the worldwide adoption of social media, more governments are getting involved in low-grade information warfare through the use of cyber troops.
  — Joan Donovan, TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
• The researchers said that may be because repeated headers can cause sub-concussive injuries, which are low-grade injuries that don't lead to the symptoms of a concussion but can build up over time and cause problems later in life.
  — Dr. Alexander Garcia, ABC News, 20 July 2023
• In skeeter syndrome, people can develop severe soreness, redness, itching, pain, or even a low-grade fever after a mosquito bite.
  — Emily Shiffer, Health, 7 Mar. 2023
• The horror buff’s horror film, Jack Clayton’s ghost story goes beyond tropes to turn co-writer Truman Capote’s script into an esteemed film that, when watched today, shatters the low-grade reputation plaguing the genre.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2023
• More irksome is the middling quality of the Malibu's interior, which heavily relies on low-grade plastics.
  — Greg S. Fink, Car and Driver, 8 June 2023
• Perhaps as a way to keep costs down, Gordon’s films often were family affairs: His late wife, Flora, assisted him on the low-grade special effects, and their late daughter, Susan, acted in four of his features.
  — Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
• Other symptoms include abdominal cramps, lack of appetite, bloating, body aches, low-grade fever, nausea, vomiting and weight loss.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 15 June 2023
• When nothing makes sense, there's almost something grounding about Mulaney's low-grade vocal fry coming in with dry wit amid discussions of helicopters chasing O.J. Simpson.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
• The Texas Department of Public Safety operates an online registry of physicians who prescribe low-grade cannabis to people with epilepsy, cancer, autism and other conditions.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
• But this low-grade retinoid treatment has been the perfect introduction to the powerful ingredient, which can ultimately reduce the appearance of aging skin.
  — Lindsey Metrus, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
• Turmeric's main claim to fame is its anti-inflammatory potency.2 Unchecked low-grade metabolic inflammation can increase the risk of premature aging and chronic diseases.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 2 June 2023
• The revival does not disappoint, setting a new standard for series resurrections by being unafraid to tackle the low-grade dismay of financial precarity and middle-age failure.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024