downwards

Example Sentences

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“It’s been spiraling downwards every week,” Gough said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Picked out by Antoine Semenyo, Haaland lofted a superb cross into the Newcastle area and O'Reilly timed his run perfectly to thump a downwards header past Pope from close range.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

"You have to have a hull form that breaks ice by bending it downwards," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

“A break downwards through $86,000 points will be a negative signal. The currency is assessed as technically neutral for the short term.”

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Skirting the hither side of the pool where the hobbits had bathed, they crossed the stream, climbed a long bank, and passed into green-shadowed woodlands that marched ever downwards and westwards.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien