How to Use send down in a Sentence

send down

verb
  • No, they’ve been sent down from higher-ups with a script.
    Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The team created sultry looks to pair with the corsets and catsuits that were sent down the runway.
    Essence, 13 Feb. 2024
  • There always was a call to make, a meeting to take, a player to call up or send down, bring in or ship out.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Timpani and bass, meanwhile, are sent down to the lower torso and hips.
    Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Try to figure it out and you’re sent down a rabbit hole that leads to only more questions.
    Curbed, 14 July 2023
  • The Tigers were in a position to crush Gomber, but instead, the next three batters were sent down in order.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2023
  • While a substitute surgeon was summoned, Sanabria was sent down to the ER.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The pigeons are sent down this dark tunnel and emerge in the world where there are shooters taking these pigeons out, one by one.
    David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • His marching orders when he was sent down were to improve the command on his mid-to-high 90s mph fastball.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2023
  • Olson sent down Jeffers and Wallner with runners on the corners.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Every shape, cut and textile Willy Chavarria sends down the runway walks with the assurance of being home.
    Devan Díaz, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Even if the arena language is not in the final budget, the governor has the power to send down a new bill or call a special session.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But don't worry, the Antarctic excitement won't end there: In a couple more years, the Russians plan to send down a swimming robot.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2011
  • That person would be sent down the hall to the little Social Security office.
    Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
  • Bus driver Ed Ray and the children were taken out of the van, one by one, and sent down into a hole inside an old truck trailer buried 12 feet underground.
    David Begnaud, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Anderson was sent down on Saturday to make room for Rodriguez.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 July 2023
  • The first year a grapevine is planted, no pruning is done since the growth of shoots and leaves provides carbohydrate that is sent down to develop a strong root system.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2024
  • He got roughed up by the Rangers in his major league debut May 3 and later was sent down to the minors twice before rejoining the Diamondbacks.
    Brooks Warren, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The troops will not do law enforcement work and will be sent down for roughly 90 days, though their presence can be extended if necessary.
    Colleen Long, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2023
  • Such beautiful catharsis gleaned from musical notes sent down from on high.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Miguel Vargas sent down? Miguel Vargas, one of the most heralded Dodgers prospects of recent memory, has, to be blunt, been a complete bust this season.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • The tubes are sent down to the testing lab on the ninth floor where they are agitated in the Vortexer, a high-speed mixer, until the mosquitoes are pulverized.
    Andy Newman, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Zimmermann, a Baltimore-area native, was sent down after pitching for the third time in four games Friday.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2023
  • In his first start in Triple-A after being sent down last month, right-hander Drey Jameson threw his slider over and over, inning after inning.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2023
  • The developer, Hydrostor, will drill three shafts thousands of feet below ground, and send down miners to dig out a series of rows and columns.
    Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • At a warehouse the drums are removed from the steel containers and loaded onto a forklift, then sent down an old freight elevator.
    Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Gillaspie, a 26-year-old former Independent League pitcher, opened the season with the Orioles but was sent down after struggling.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2023
  • The slide occurred on private property above the trail, sending down material that damaged sections of the bridge and sent debris onto the tracks.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • There’s also the possibility that teams out of contention might sit or send down a starring young player to avoid having to grant an extra year of service time.
    Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The state guardsmen, as well as Arizona state troopers, were sent down to the border under the state’s Operation Secure, an initiative to surge state resources.
    Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024

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