How to Use go down with in a Sentence
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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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