downer

Example Sentences

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Sorry to be a downer, but the reality is December and January are typically the months when companies cut the most jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

How much of a downer would it be if he’s reduced to being a spectator when the Dodgers win the World Series?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 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

The only serious downer through Idaho: her team.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti