downbeat
Example Sentences
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However, the company issued a downbeat forecast for the fiscal year.
Ms. Griffin balances these journal entries with more downbeat ones, which conveyed the precariousness of these transformed lives.
Economists say there’s cause to be downbeat about the longer term effects of U.S. trade policy on Japanese exports.
Other retailers struck similar downbeat notes, suggesting that they expected conditions to worsen in the coming months.
From New York Times
They also wanted the reality of Russia’s invasion shown onscreen — something with the potential to strike a downbeat tone for the traditionally campy, showy spectacle.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
