face down
Example Sentences
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And as I pulled the sleeves down on my nightshirt, covering up the marks Flora had given me that day, I tried to remind myself that detective work was much like life itself: every one of us had demons to face down.
From Literature
U.S. stocks have been in a record-setting mood lately, as investors face down geopolitical headlines and concerns over a probe into Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
From MarketWatch
On the game’s first play from scrimmage, Mendoza took a ferocious hit that knocked him off his feet and deposited him on the carpet, face down, arms wide.
Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.
From BBC
But they will have to wait to do the final side, because that side is lying face down.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
