How to Use downdraft in a Sentence

downdraft

noun

• In the grand scheme of things, the recent downdraft in tech isn’t a huge deal.
  — Suzanne Woolley, The Seattle Times, 17 June 2017
• The brush beat about in the downdraft, and a cable was lowered.
  — Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
• Mitch isn’t the first Laker who was in the wrong place at the wrong time in the team’s historic downdraft.
  — Mark Heisler, Orange County Register, 21 Feb. 2017
• Each of the table-top grills has a downdraft vent, which whisks away smoke and grease from the cooking meat.
  — Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 14 Nov. 2017
• The precipitation cools the air, and the downdraft helps to create a line of gusty winds.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
• Still, a few storms could contain strong downdraft winds.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
• The Big Three, having banked big profits the past few years, should be in shape to ride out a normal downdraft.
  — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 5 July 2017
• But the economic downdraft sped the change for Sack's, Fairbairn said.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 26 Sep. 2017
• That suggests the current downdraft may not be over, but the bulk of the declines have already occurred.
  — Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2018
• The downdraft has reduced some of the stars of the recent fads nearly to persona-non-grata status.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
• The surge of intense downdraft wind causes the front of the storm line to arc outward, racing ahead of the adjoining regions.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
• That suggests the current downdraft might nearly have run its course.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2022
• And there appears to be some light at the end of the supply chain tunnel as seen from the fall in the Baltic Dry index (still high, but the downdraft is dramatic).
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
• Under the hood is a 9.4-liter V-12 that is fed by twin Solex downdraft carburetors.
  — Kirk Seaman, Car and Driver, 12 Jan. 2020
• The balloon owners said that more than 30 people were aboard the balloons when a severe downdraft drove them into the field.
  — Fox News, 3 Aug. 2020
• At the height of the sell-off a few weeks ago, when the Dow suffered two days of 1,000-point declines, Wall Street pros advised investors to keep the steep downdraft in perspective.
  — Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2018
• Swapping an over-the-range vent hood for downdraft ventilation further opens up the space.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• That breakout is wonderful for folks who showed the grit to stay invested during the big downdraft late last year.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 July 2019
• The wind shear was able to tilt the storm updraft up and away from the downdraft, ensuring that both drafts did not interfere with and destroy each other.
  — Washington Post, 26 July 2021
• The downdraft has taken some perfectly fine stocks—like HTGC—with it.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 9 June 2022
• Hurricanes love that, as drier air can lead to cooling and downdrafts that counteract the updrafts that drive the storm.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 2 May 2024
• Tech stocks and other high-growth companies in particular have been at the center of the downdraft.
  — Alex Veiga, ajc, 5 Mar. 2021
• And on Friday, a string of disappointing earnings forecasts added to the downdraft.
  — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
• If past history provides a roadmap of how these short-term market dips play out, this downdraft could be nearing its end.
  — Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2018
• In the summer, reverse the fan to counterclockwise to create a cooling downdraft.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 Nov. 2022
• Whether the downdraft goes down in history as a mere hiccup, or spells the end to one of the longest bull markets in recent memory is, of course, anyone’s guess.
  — Lu Wang, Bloomberg.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• The downdraft puts stocks on track for their worst week since October of 2008, when markets cratered during the financial crisis.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2020
• As a result, trending back towards its much lower historic PE will impose a headwind of just 2.2% a year, less than half the downdraft this spring.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022
• Microbursts are instead characterized by their strong downdraft that comes from sinking air, Rogers said.
  — Elizabeth Walsh, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2024
• Your ceiling fan direction for summer should be counterclockwise, creating a downdraft that redistributes cool air around the room.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024