downer
Example Sentences
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It’s just a downer, an inappropriate introduction of ugly real-world truths.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The one visual downer is the stage, which is no longer wood.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024
Nothing's going to put a downer on it.”
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024
Made in collaboration with Pallenberg’s son Marlon Richards, “Catching Fire” is a redemptive portrait that nevertheless plays like a downer.
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
It sounded like Petey’s usual downer talk, though it wasn’t.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
