downcome
Example Sentences
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But is not the bringing in of the 'reward' as a motive a woful downcome? and is love that loves for the sake of reward, love at all?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
Ay, ay—no doubt—no doubt," said the Bailie, briskly, "but we are all subject to a downcome, and it comes hard on those that have held their heads high.
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Sir Walter Scott
They were over the side in a moment, and there was a heavy splash into the muddy waters of the Humber, thick with the downcome of swollen rivers, thrown back by the flowing tide.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge
But my new business seemed to them such a downcome that they passed me by with a cock of the chin.
From Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan
John felt the humiliation of this downcome in a far keener way than David did.
From Scottish sketches by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
