How to Use put down in a Sentence

put down

verb

• Goins then put down his buzzer and walked off the stage.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
• But not many games are so easy to pick up and put down.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2024
• Fish and Game are aware, and yes, if caught it will be put down.
  — Megan Pacer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2023
• But, the major fail comes from not putting down a top coat of epoxy.
  — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2024
• Gift-givers, step away from the chapstick and put down the toothbrush (!!).
  — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 10 Nov. 2022
• But at some point the Lakers have to put down the hammer and let a man grow.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
• Per the footage, the man is seen in the grabbing one end of the tarp sheet that had been put down before the snow fell.
  — Latoya Gayle, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
• Stephenson chose to move here, put down roots and make his mark.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
• But cities and states themselves put down a good deal of cash to get a Michelin Guide in the first place.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 July 2024
• This dull and disposable film is a beast that needs to be put down.
  — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Prince Harry is putting down roots in the United States.
  — Raven Brunner, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
• After all, the guy at the top was putting down the very idea of the media with every second breath.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• Ramer responded to the text with a thumbs-up emoji and put down his phone.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
• Rake up debris like branches and leaves from the ground before putting down the clover seeds.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
• The small army of press stalking him needed to put down cameras.
  — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
• This could be the chance to stop moving his family around and put down roots.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
• And for God’s sake, put down the phone and step away from the news occasionally.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
• Wilson is keen for the pair to put down roots together.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• Many of the 2,700 attendees stopped to watch the knockout rounds, putting down blankets on the sand or grass to look on from afar.
  — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
• Another third put down at least 50%, with a mortgage on the rest.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• Ewan McGregor isn’t ready to put down his lightsaber just yet.
  — EW.com, 8 Oct. 2024
• Ten years ago, the news that Marius the giraffe was put down by the Copenhagen Zoo went viral.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• Take your time, put down roots, and build something that will last long into the future.
  — Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• Arwen takes one swallow, grimaces, and puts down the glass.
  — Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
• Hawk put down his board and pushed toward the embankment.
  — Bret Anthony Johnston, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• In 1982, the Assads put down a rebellion of the Muslim Brotherhood in the city of Hama.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Jan. 2025
• The West Grove district, as it’s often called, is where some Black settlers from the Bahamas put down roots in the 1870s.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 27 July 2024
• That was just simply coming up with the melody and the beat and then putting down the hook and that took four or five hours within itself.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
• Officers confirmed the canine has now been put down, per the BBC.
  — Latoya Gayle, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
• The other investors and buyers who put down deposits will be treated equally and reimbursed from the sales proceeds pro rata.
  — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025