How to Use drag down in a Sentence

drag down

phrasal verb

• The latter was dragged down last year by a charge of 8.6 million euros, due to the revaluation of the liability for options on the interests in Blenders.
  — Sofia Celeste, WWD, 1 Aug. 2024
• The soldier is motionless as he’s dragged down the side of the tank and onto the ground.
  — Hadas Gold, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
• Many will go at discount prices and drag down the market.
  — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
• When their hedge fund failed, a large swath of the industry was dragged down with it.
  — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 9 June 2023
• Food prices and costs in restaurants and cafes helped to drag down the inflation rate, the ONS said.
  — Tom Rees, Fortune Europe, 20 Mar. 2024
• Which is why poor Mary, who loves him and has tried to serve as his backbone, has been dragged down, too.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2023
• Which is why poor Mary, who loves him and has tried to serve as his backbone, has been dragged down, too.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
• Biden's post-debate struggles could drag down Democrats in tough races.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 12 July 2024
• Meaning that if any of them could get past Trump, they wouldn’t be dragged down by having denied the truth that Biden won.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
• The war has undermined many of the region’s economies and threatens to drag in and drag down all of Syria’s neighbors.
  — Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2014
• But the indictment shows how Trump’s approach to the law can drag down even lawyers with sterling resumes.
  — Ryan Teague Beckwith, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, a rise in imports dragged down the latest reading.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• The duo had the most chemistry of all the night’s presenters, who too often seemed dragged down by stiff teleprompter dialogue.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
• The price of wholesale gasoline dropped to its lowest level of the year Thursday, dragged down by a nearly 5% decline in the price of crude oil.
  — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
• Worries about the global economy’s strength dragged down prices for crude oil and stocks of companies that pull it from the ground.
  — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
• Well, that would really drag down the pacing of a television show.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
• Part of what's dragging down his poll numbers is a lack of support among younger voters for his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
• One of the peculiarities of the revenge genre is that the revenger is often dragged down with their target.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
• But with inconsistent wide receivers dragging down the offense, the Chiefs have turned to one of the NFL's best defenses.
  — Dave Skretta, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
• Sales fell a revised 1.1% in January, dragged down in part by inclement weather.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
• That comes after sales fell 1.1% in January, dragged down in part by inclement weather.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 15 May 2024
• That comes after sales fell 1.1% in January, dragged down in part by inclement weather.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 18 June 2024
• Goldstein faced the worshipers and began shooting, firing 108 rounds before he was dragged down and beaten to death.
  — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
• The higher rates have dragged down home sales, as owners with low mortgage rates resist putting their properties on the market.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 25 Aug. 2023
• But with an inconsistent group of wide receivers dragging down the offense this season, the Chiefs have learned to lean on one of the NFL's best defenses.
  — Dave Skretta, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
• The Dodgers’ numbers, especially their pitching, were dragged down by a mediocre first couple of months.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• And there’s a lot of ‘quiet quitting’ on the job in a way that’s dragging down productivity in the corporate sector.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 23 June 2023
• It was dragged down by tech stocks after Barclays downgraded Apple and the iPhone maker fell nearly 4%.
  — Harold Maass, theweek, 3 Jan. 2024
• With jobs in Israel lost and public sector wages unpaid, the cumulative weight of the war is dragging down the economy, too.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2024
• Voters have clearly expressed their displeasure with the current state of the economy, the border, and public safety, all of which have dragged down Biden’s approval ratings.
  — Jill Filipovic, The Atlantic, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 13 Sep 2024