downer

Example Sentences

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Every year Dad would walk out of the fairgrounds with at least one human-sized stuffed something or other on his shoulders, and every year all of us would hate Mom for being such a downer.

From Literature

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Singer Emmy aims for a hopeful spin on a tragic story but, despite a peppy performance, it's a bit of a downer.

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times