How to Use go down with in a Sentence

go down with

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  • The captain does not go down with her ship; the ship goes down with her captain.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Sign up The captain and his top crew are supposed to go down with a sinking ship.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
  • Sign up The captain and his top crew are supposed to go down with a sinking ship.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
  • If the president’s tax shenanigans land him afoul of the law, the first daughter could go down with him.
    Casey Michel, The New Republic, 30 Sep. 2020
  • But Zuckerberg isn’t willing to slowly go down with the ship.
    Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2022
  • If one of our big guns would go down with an injury, somebody else stepped up.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The rare candy bar would go down with little chance of tasting it—chomp, chomp, chomp.
    Kimi Ceridon, Bon Appétit, 23 June 2021
  • So how did the 2021 budget go down with climate experts?
    David Vetter, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Having two starters go down with injuries cast a bit of a shadow on that outcome.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Health officials had hoped the complaint number might go down with the mandate adding the force of law to the safety measure.
    Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 28 July 2020
  • How did this go down with Joe Biden picking Kamala Harris?
    Chronicle Digital Team, SFChronicle.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Many of the interesting items, however, come from people who didn’t go down with the ship.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2022
  • If that shaky foundation ever were to crumble, there’s no telling how much of the wider economy would go down with it.
    Gilad Edelman, Wired, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The win total will surely go down with the increase in competition.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Though no rain will dampen trick-or-treating, as the sun goes down after 6 p.m. temperatures will go down with it.
    Michelle Apon, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2022
  • As the bills are hashed out on the Hill over the coming months, every faction of even one or two or three members will get a say, knowing that an entire bill could go down with just their votes.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Having so many players go down with injuries over the course of last season to now has been unlike anything Auriemma has seen at UConn.
    Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Boswell didn’t scratch across a hit until the fourth inning and saw its lone scoring opportunity in the sixth go down with a flyout to center and a strikeout.
    Kevin Reynolds, Dallas News, 20 May 2021
  • Even a once-collaborative choanoflagellate will refuse to go down with its ship.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Signing Herbert as soon as possible would seem to be the most advantageous approach for the Chargers since his price isn’t going to go down with the passing of time.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The Cardinals had more players go down with injuries, most notably running backs James Conner.
    Emily Horos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2023
  • This type of stress defines the grapes' skin, sugar, and balance of acidity, resulting in wines that are charismatic and intriguing and that go down with great ease.
    Danielle Bernabe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The Bengals coaching staff went through a pretty unique experience on Sunday in a 23-10 win over the Browns having multiple skill players go down with injuries on the day of the game.
    Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Aranygaluska has all the characteristics of a dessert but can just as easily go down with your morning cup of coffee.
    Joe Baur, sun-sentinel.com, 5 May 2021
  • Sadly, Vectordean disappeared after a third, relatively anonymous James Pond game, but the work of his chief designer didn’t go down with the ship.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • But to see a teammate go down with a devastating, season-ending injury is still heartbreaking and requires players to flip a switch.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2022
  • This was yet another challenge, not only in the scope of this season, which had already seen senior point guard Xavier Johnson go down with a foot injury, but in the broader context of a player’s career.
    Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The chorus, which finds Sawayama’s vocals clawing their way through thick layers of industrial instruments, contends with her willingness to go down with the fight.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
  • After watching Joe Burrow go down with a devastating knee injury, shoring up the offensive line has been a priority for the Bengals.
    oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Gateway, a small squad of eight who typically uses just six players, saw starting forward Karli Cole go down with a bruised knee midway through the second period.
    Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2023

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