cast down
Example Sentences
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But the real crime of “Megalopolis” is Coppola flushing his money, as well as a talented cast down the toilet on such a head-scratching misfire.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024
If these questions give off a strong smell of the seminar room, do not be cast down: There is plenty of fun, and truly adorable stuff, to be consumed.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024
"I see," Songmi says, her eyes cast down.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023
Interviewed on Sky News last week, with eyes cast down and head hanging, he looked deflated and dejected as he repeatedly apologized for “misjudgment” in attending the May 2020 garden party.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2022
I learned to walk down those rich streets, eyes humbly cast down, with no sense of what lay ten feet in front of me, but with an exquisite awareness of what was on either side.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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