down-and-out
adjective
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2
: physically weakened or incapacitated
down-and-out
noun
or down-and-outer
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Examples of down-and-out in a Sentence
I'm over the flu, but I still feel down-and-out
a soup kitchen where the down-and-out daily line up for a hot meal
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Housing space was now just for patients, not simply down-and-out veterans.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
As River Cartwright, a down-and-out MI5 agent, Lowden is usually shoved into a chaotic side operation while his colleagues deal with the looming national catastrophe driving the season.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Oftentimes fly-by-night quarterback Jameis Winston energized a seemingly down-and-out Browns team in his first start for the team — his first start anywhere in more than two years.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The down-and-out loner has murdered people who’d made fun of him, including the host of a TV talk show.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
The Dow and small-cap Russell 2000 were again the big winners as the rotation from market darlings to down-and-out names due for a catch-up trade continued.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 July 2024
In Giddens Ko’s Kung Fu, Ko plays one of two down-and-out students who stumble upon a martial arts master who changes their destiny – and that of their hometown.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Earlier drafts of the script had a darker, noir thriller centered around a down-and-out hero drowning his pain in tequila and painkillers.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024
Adapted from Sara Gruen’s 2006 best-seller, the story follows the young Jacob Jankowski (Grant Gustin), a vet school dropout who stumbles into a job with a down-and-out circus in the early 1930s.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
As River Cartwright, a down-and-out MI5 agent, Lowden is usually shoved into a chaotic side operation while his colleagues deal with the looming national catastrophe driving the season.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Oftentimes fly-by-night quarterback Jameis Winston energized a seemingly down-and-out Browns team in his first start for the team — his first start anywhere in more than two years.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The down-and-out loner has murdered people who’d made fun of him, including the host of a TV talk show.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
The Dow and small-cap Russell 2000 were again the big winners as the rotation from market darlings to down-and-out names due for a catch-up trade continued.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 July 2024
In Giddens Ko’s Kung Fu, Ko plays one of two down-and-out students who stumble upon a martial arts master who changes their destiny – and that of their hometown.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
Earlier drafts of the script had a darker, noir thriller centered around a down-and-out hero drowning his pain in tequila and painkillers.
—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024
Adapted from Sara Gruen’s 2006 best-seller, the story follows the young Jacob Jankowski (Grant Gustin), a vet school dropout who stumbles into a job with a down-and-out circus in the early 1930s.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Down-and-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down-and-out. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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