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highs and lowsthe good times and bad times; periods of success and failure, happiness and sadness

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: the good times and bad times; periods of success and failure, happiness and sadness

Pronunciation (IPA): /haɪz ænd loʊz/

Example Sentences

  • Marriage is about sticking together through the highs and lows, not just the Instagram-worthy moments.
  • The stock market's highs and lows gave me more gray hair than my teenagers did.
  • She documented all the highs and lows of starting her own business.

highs and lows

NOUN

[/haɪz ænd loʊz/]

the good times and bad times; periods of success and failure, happiness and sadness

Their marriage album shows all the highs and lows of thirty years together.
💡 Concept

Their marriage album shows all the highs and lows of thirty years together.

Life flows through highs and lows, where wisdom grows
🎵 Rhyme

Life flows through highs and lows, where wisdom grows

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/haɪz ænd loʊz/
🇬🇧 UK/haɪz ænd ləʊz/

🌳Etymology

🎵Rhyme

flowsshowsgrowsknows
flows
shows
grows
knows

🔗Collocations

experience highs and lows
emotional highs and lows
the highs and lows of life
career highs and lows
go through highs and lows
share the highs and lows

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

Marriage is about sticking together through the highs and lows, not just the Instagram-worthy moments.

😄 Fun example

The stock market's highs and lows gave me more gray hair than my teenagers did.

She documented all the highs and lows of starting her own business.

😄 Fun example

My diet has more highs and lows than a soap opera plot.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

ups and downspeaks and valleysgood times and bad timessuccesses and failures

Antonyms

stabilityconsistencysteady state

Related

roller coasterfluctuationvariationturbulencevicissitudes

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