import re
s = 'xyx - aaXx .aaAyyy -aAaxYxxyYaaa.'
pattern = '[a-z]+' # sequences of lowercase letters
for match in re.findall(pattern, s):
print('Found: {!r}'.format(match))
'''
run:
Found: 'xyx'
Found: 'aa'
Found: 'x'
Found: 'aa'
Found: 'yyy'
Found: 'a'
Found: 'ax'
Found: 'xxy'
Found: 'aaa'
'''