downer

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Like virtually all of the climate scientists I spoke with, he’s not trying to be a downer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025

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

For Northampton the slight downer - and these things are relative - is that they didn't land a bonus point.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

Scrolling through CountDowners is a very serious downer.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera