downer

Example Sentences

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But Riley stressed the film is not a downer portrayal of the struggle between social classes.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Eventually she started Go Gentle, but still, her heroine was a downer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The ending’s a downer, all right, but you might just smile too.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

Nothing's going to put a downer on it.”

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

It sounded like Petey’s usual downer talk, though it wasn’t.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles