How to Use down the river in a Sentence

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• This year, as the Parade of Nations will consist of boats sailing down the river Seine in Paris.
  — John Devore, Outside Online, 25 July 2024
• The toys floated out of the building and down the river.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
• Floats down the river, hangouts at the beach, hikes in the mountains.
  — Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine, 3 June 2022
• On its way down the river, the ship would slip beneath the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
• The scenery is meant to approximate what the land might have looked like to those sold down the river.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• Meanwhile, 14 continued down the river and six have gone over the Emsworth Dam, the city said.
  — Paradise Afshar, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
• There were six people in all and three boats, just like on my, my journey down the river.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Nov. 2023
• The friend went to follow the man into the water, but the current had already moved him down the river.
  — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
• Listen to this article The toys floated out of the building and down the river.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
• The ravens would circle, the wolverine would lumber through the spruce, the foxes and wolves would trot down the river, frosted snouts high in the air.
  — Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024
• At Stella, inside the Capella Bangkok down the river, the cocktail menu pays homage to Asia.
  — Jenny Adams, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2023
• The disgraced star can be seen getting in a workout, paddling down the river without a care in the world.
  — Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 2 July 2024
• In cities such as Matamoros, down the river from Reynosa, enormous camps had sprung up, filled with those waiting to cross.
  — Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
• The barges drifted freely down the river before some of them came to rest on two locks and dams on the Ohio River downstream from Pittsburgh.
  — USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
• Elsewhere, the living room feels super bright and airy thanks to the oversized windows that provide views up and down the river.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
• All that adds up to lovely days made for hiking, wine tasting, or cruising down the river.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
• Another chunk of the bridge had already been floated down the river earlier in the project.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• Another chunk of the bridge had already been floated down the river earlier in the project.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• But not a gully washer that will shut down the river fishing all weekend.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
• Up and down the river basin, those who depend on it were watching the forecasts: A towboat captain who has plied the river for decades.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• This impressive paddle wheeler takes guests on a two-hour tour down the river.
  — Megan Dubois, Chron, 13 Mar. 2023
• That range extends up and down the river basin, as far as the Yampa River in northwestern Colorado.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2021
• The groups have hosted more than 25 community conversations up and down the river over the course of many months to hear ideas from the public.
  — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2023
• The groups have hosted more than 25 community conversations up and down the river over the course of many months to hear ideas from the public.
  — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2023
• Deputies then noticed two women on rafts, roughly a quarter-mile down the river, also caught in the swift water.
  — Vincent Medina, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
• The man was floating with friends down the river when they were separated, the Lebanon Fire District said in a statement Sunday.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• The containers that traveled down the river have been recovered and the cargo was paint, Hackett said.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
• The carcass drifted down the river, under water and out of sight, Jacobsen said.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 28 July 2024
• Some ways down the river, a fisherman on the bank told us that the mountain had exploded, and that everything was being shut down.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2010
• Her original poppy garden reseeded and spread down the river and over much of Old Town.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024