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
  • That, plus the choice of pants rather than a skirt is giving Seyfried a low-grade punk vibe.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2024
  • This type of surgery is used for a low-grade tumor that has started to invade the wall of the bladder.
    — Steffini Stalos, Health, 25 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • If an infection and a low-grade fever couldn’t stop him, then Chris Claiborne and Rashard Cook had no chance.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The infection starts with symptoms like a runny nose, a low-grade fever and a tickly cough.
    — Sam Tupper, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Some people also have a low-grade fever, Blumberg said.
    — Fernanda Galan, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Sensing her low-grade panic, my friends moved a few seats down at the bar, leaving me and Janine to get into it.
    — Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Early symptoms of the disease look like a common cold: low-grade fever, mild cough and runny or stuffy nose.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • According to multiple reports, McNeil has a low-grade strain in his right oblique and will be shut down for the next 7 to 10 days.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • According to multiple reports, McNeil has a low-grade strain in his right oblique and will be shut down for the next 7 to 10 days.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Black men are also more likely to die from low-grade prostate cancer than other races.
    — Taayoo Murray, Essence, 7 June 2024
  • Vientos has seen his playing time dwindle, first with the injury (a low-grade hamstring strain) and then with the slump since his return.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • 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
  • Boone said that an initial fluoroscope, a low-grade X-ray, came back clean.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
  • 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
  • Yet as fate would have it, Skye heads to her former high-school classmate and drug dealer Lewis’ (Lukas Gage) apartment on the eve of her tour to score some low-grade painkillers.
    — Abby Monteil, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
  • However, the flu usually also comes with low-grade fevers and body aches.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Common side effects include body aches and low-grade fever, the doctor noted.
    — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • The low-grade version is linked with a one in 10 chance of developing esophageal cancer, while the high-grade version increases to a one in five chance.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2025
  • Side effects include pain and tenderness at the site of the injection, low-grade fever, loss of appetite and nausea.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • For the past few years, civilian life in northern Norway has been under constant, low-grade attack.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Waking up stiff, with neck tension or a low-grade headache is a sign your pillow isn’t supporting your cervical spine properly.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Certain low-grade forms of depression can be easy to embrace, as familiar and comforting as an old friend.
    — Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Kullgren said flu shot side effects can include a low-grade fever, fatigue, and a runny nose for a few days—symptoms that may feel like a mild flu.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Many are mass-produced using low-grade materials.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026

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