How to Use down in a Sentence

down

1 of 5 adverb

• The land slopes down to the sea.
• We watched the sun go down.
• They set the cake down on the table.
• Climb down out of that tree!
• Lay down your book for a minute.
• He fell down and hurt his knee.
• She called down to her friends in the street below.
• He knocked him down with one punch.
• What's going on down there?
• We keep our wine collection down in the basement.
• In the second half, the Chargers twice stopped the Bears on fourth down.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• Notice that right in the middle of the string there is a point that doesn't move up or down.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
• Mom and Dad are down at the tent with your man and his brothers, setting up the bar.
  — Jean Garnett, The New Yorker, 10 July 2023
• The price of new Teslas has been up and down and moving all around.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 15 Aug. 2023
• Also, the masseter pulls the jaw up and down for chewing.
  — Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2023
• The chain’s total sales were down 2% year over year in the second quarter.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
• If members vote the agreement down, the strike will resume.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
• Yep — in this respect: coaches are far more apt to go for it on fourth down.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
• It’s revealed that Ansari plays a man who is down on his luck and struggling to make ends meet.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
• Jeep was up 7% for the quarter and down 6% for the year; Ram was up 3% for the quarter and down 1% for the year, compared with year-ago results.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2024
• That’s down more than half from what Musk paid for Twitter about a year ago: $44 billion.
  — Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2023
• Grain carloads in service are down 5% from this time last year, the USDA says.
  — WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
• The company’s shares were down more than 30% on Tuesday.
  — Simmone Shah, Time, 15 Aug. 2023
• One such poster shows a person sitting with their arms wrapped around their legs, their head down.
  — Brittany Shammas The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2023
• That's all Ru said, just kidding with her, because that's what Ru does when the cameras are down.
  — EW.com, 5 Mar. 2024
• Sacramento was down 10 points at the time Brown was ejected.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
• Walgreens Boots Alliance stock is down more than 18% so far this year.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
• The total number of killings in D.C. so far this year is down compared with the same period in 2023.
  — Alexandra Ma, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
• Place each dough roll, seam side down, in two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans, lightly greased with cooking spray.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023
• Put together, the progress on goods and energy costs helped bring inflation way down from a peak of 9.1 percent.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024

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down

2 of 5 preposition

• She fell down the stairs.
• The children ran down the hill.
• Go down the road and turn left.
• The bathroom is halfway down the hall on the right.
• He climbed down the ladder.
• His pitches were right down the middle of the plate.
• He spilled mustard down the front of his shirt.
• We grew up down the block from each other.
• Sweat dripped down her neck.
• Her hair hung loosely down her back.
• His plane was caught in a storm and went down near Alvord, Texas.
  — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
• Move forward and the nose will try to tilt up; brake and the nose will push down.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
• Try not to think of me as gone, just think of me as moving down the block.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
• James crouched down beside the children again and told them not to lie.
  — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
• Our guests whooped us down the aisle, and there was so much laughter and tears.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
• Next, go back to the home screen and open the Quick Settings pane with a swipe down from the top right corner of the display.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 28 June 2023
• To knock him down a peg, though, most of his rivals are playing by the old rules.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• Push down through heels to rise up and jump into the air, bringing hands over head.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 18 May 2023
• Usher may be on the brink of a touchdown in his personal life with a trip down the aisle.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• Liu and Suki trudged down the sandy bank to the river where a small turtle, the size of a sand dollar, swam close to the shore.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023
• The Cadillac continued to spin down the highway to a stop in the inside lane.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
• Scrape down the bowl to make sure everything is well mixed.
  — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The gunmen tried to beat down the door to the safe room before exiting the ship and making their way back to the shores of Yemen.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2023
• And how many painters put their brush down after losing their sight?
  — Mark Soares, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2023
• This small greenhouse weighs less than 11 pounds and packs down for easy storage.
  — Rachel Center, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2023
• Hear carolers, play games and zip down a faux-snow slide.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 13 May 2023
• Shough throws complete to Xavier White down the left sideline.
  — oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2023
• Ukraine and Western nations have been quick to shut that notion down.
  — Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
• The legendary restaurant is busy year-round, but on this day lines stretch down the sidewalk.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
• After sitting in a hair salon chair for hours, edge control is the finishing touch to slick down the short, delicate hairs around the hairline.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Apr. 2024

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down

3 of 5 verb

• The quarterback downed the ball to stop the clock.
• The storm downed power lines throughout the city.
• They were downing beers and watching the game on TV.
• Less is known about the $30 million Reaper that was downed near Yemen.
  — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• Fat Mike downed it, pulled a roll of cash from his pocket and plunked down a $100 bill.
  — Brett Martin, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• On the day of the crash, von Ohain and Rossiter played 21 holes of golf, downing multiple drinks along the way.
  — Talia Trackim, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• Power lines and trees are also downed and cars have been flipped over due to the storm.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2023
• The Lions botched downing a punt at the 1-yard line, leading to a touchback.
  — Josh Dubow, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
• France's military claimed downing two of the Houthi drones.
  — Jon Gambrell, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2024
• Most people are able to identify fresh chewings of wood chips and downed trees in the woods.
  — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks.
  — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
• Highway 100 was closed in an area as crews worked to clear debris and downed power lines.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 13 May 2023
• There is no evidence to support the idea that the jet was downed by a surface-to-air missile, Brig.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
• On Tuesday, West Morgan downed Haleyville 10-0 in a road match.
  — Mike Perrin | , al, 17 Mar. 2023
• If a kickoff lands in the landing zone but carries into the end zone where it’s downed, the receiving team gets the ball at its 20.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• Fatone, perhaps the least fazed, quickly downs a tall glass of water.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2023
• The singer downed a good half of it, grimaced (relatable), then passed the rest off to her guitarist, who finished it with a mighty swig.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
• Last year, a fierce windstorm swept through Claremont, downing some 300 trees.
  — Tilly MacAlister-Smith Mary Holland Dana Covit Mary Holland Kurt Soller Sara Lieberman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
• As the Stoned players began warming up on the field, several Drunk team members downed shots and beer.
  — George Gurley, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Gas leaks, fires and downed power lines are being reported there as well.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
• Although Point Loma was limited to a punt on its opening drive of the third quarter, Brady Allen’s kick was downed at the 2-yard line.
  — Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2023
• Decisions made while downing cocktails can come back to haunt you… Or, in Karen Pittman’s case, to haunt your castmates.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2024
• Trees and power lines were reported downed in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  — Martha Mendoza, ajc, 22 Mar. 2023
• On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Eagles center, 35, downed 30 ounces of beer in no time flat — all for a good cause.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
• Russia initially said its air defenses had downed all the missiles fired at the site.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
• Over the weekend a powerful weather system battered the tri-state area, with more than 2 feet of snow and downed power lines in some parts.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024
• Our protagonist downs another shot, shakes her shiny blonde hair loose and walks right up to him.
  — Lyric Li, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
• Parents lathered their toddlers in sunscreen, kids downed ice pops and teenagers gorged on hot pretzels.
  — Jenna Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
• There’s a chance for severe thunderstorms, which could down trees and powerlines.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024
• Each time a drone was downed, an explosion rattled windows and shook buildings.
  — Anna Lukinova, New York Times, 9 May 2023

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down

4 of 5 adjective

• There was a pile of dirty clothes down on the floor.
• The window shades were down.
• The candy is down on the bottom shelf.
• These changes should help keep prices down.
• Stocks are down again today.
• She took the down escalator.
• The nylon buffered the cool desert breeze and my down bag was cozy and warm.
  — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023
• The biggest number came on the down side as U.S. Steel dropped 4.7%.
  — al, 11 Aug. 2023
• The Eagles rarely had a player line up in a down stance.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2023
• Had a lot of down time in the offseason and in spring training.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2023
• Much of the same was true for J.D. Martinez, who had a down year overall.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• Watch out for tree limbs or down wires that have fallen because of the wind.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2023
• The back cushions contain a polyester fill while the seat cushions are filled with a down blend.
  — Molly Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023
• But Kelce was marked just short on a third down catch, and Pacheco was stopped on the ensuing fourth down at the 13.
  — Noah Trister, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• Keep in Mind: The down blend fill may be too soft for those looking for firm support.
  — Molly Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023
• Elijah Saunders sets a down screen on the right block that frees Jaedon LeDee on the wing.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
• There was a down comforter and pillows and a little rug, too.
  — AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023
• But the Guardians feel that since Tena has already played 81 games that he won’t be hurt that much with some down time.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
• But knowing that my kids accepted me for who I was helped get me through the down days.
  — Ivy Griffin As Told To Chanté Griffin, Vogue, 3 July 2023
• But even during its down seasons, BYU has long been a tough out.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2023
• Most mountain bikes have a bit of hard polymer on the area of the down tube that faces the front wheel, meant to protect the frame from any rocks thrown off by the wheel.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2023
• The Jonas Brothers will be playing three special shows later this month, but keep it on the down low.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2023
• So, in other words, even in what is being considered a down season, the Heat are ahead of two-thirds of the field.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
• Even in a down year, DeBrincat's 11 power-play tallies ranked in the top 30 league-wide.
  — Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2023
• Keep in mind that most down pillows are quite fluffy, and the Boll & Branch pillow is no exception.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2024
• As one of the headliners at Coachella this year, Martínez didn’t have much down time at the festival.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2023
• Selling through a down market is the fastest way to build character and resilience.
  — Adam Herman, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• What is the difference between a puffer jacket and a down jacket?
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• The multi-billion dollar screen protector industry would like to keep that on the down low.
  — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
• Many coats are insulated with down feathers, but for those who would rather avoid the cost or the use of animal products, polyester is also a common fill material.
  — Casey Clark, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024

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down

5 of 5 noun

• I don't understand why she'd have such a down against me; we've never even spoken to each other!
• And then have the discipline to ride out the ups and downs.
  — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2023
• Over the eight weeks of the show, the pair went through several ups and downs.
  — Time, 1 Aug. 2023
• Seems like after that there were a lot of ups and downs.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• A lot of great stories to cover, a lot of ups and downs.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
• This has led to some big ups and downs for UK’s entries.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
• There’s going to be ups and downs in life and in baseball.
  — Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2023
• Covid, jobs, and the ups and downs of the economy [have all made an impact].
  — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023
• This has been going on for so long and there have been ups and downs in the cases.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 15 June 2023
• Unlike with a car, where the biggest risk lies in the back-and-forth motion, the risk on a plane is the up-down.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2023
• Life may have its ups and downs, but JoJo is ready to take them all in stride.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
• But the ex-Spartan was driven back for a loss of 1, and the Panthers took over on downs.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2023
• This shirt had seen a lot with me: the ups and downs of dating, saying my vows, the birth of my first child.
  — Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
• Detroit drove all the way to the Baltimore 6 to start the second half but turned the ball over on downs.
  — Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• The job market has been going through major ups and downs over the last few years.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Jones connected with Harris for a 7-yard pass for a fresh set of downs at the 20.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2023
• Athenian’s run to the title game had its ups and downs.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• After a bout of balmy spring weather, the area is headed for a cool down.
  — Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024
• That can lower your risk and ride out the market’s inevitable ups and downs.
  — Mallika Mitra, wsj.com, 11 Oct. 2023
• Gucci’s style is extreme, and its sales can be too, with big ups and downs.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
• Personally, Spears has had some ups and downs over the years.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
• Investors appear to be more unsure of the Fed’s next moves than in the stock market’s ups and downs.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
• Kay is close to Matthew and his family Despite the ups and downs over the years, Kay and her son share a very close bond.
  — Audrey Schmidt, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
• Detach from the ups and downs of the outside world and plug in to yourself to reach more of your potential.
  — Anne Sugar, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• As a result, the ups and downs in a celebrity's love life can feel personal to fans.
  — USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
• The moon’s clash with Jupiter creates emotional ups and downs.
  — USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
• In a season filled with plenty of ups and downs, the forward looked back at it fondly.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2024
• Though the couple stayed married until Joe died in 2018, their union had its ups and downs.
  — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
• Caussin and Kramer's six-year relationship was full of ups and downs.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
• VanDerveer’s tenure as one of the pillars of the women’s game had its ups and downs, with the coach noting that at least 15 of her teams were good enough to win national titles.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024