downwards
Example Sentences
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Treasury yields took another step downwards as demand returned following last week’s selloff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“It’s been spiraling downwards every week,” Gough said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
The department said it anticipated that the number of women travelling from Northern Ireland to England and Wales would "continue to trend downwards with services and access information available locally".
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
"The music on Styles' new album is muted, subtle and pleasant – but from the title downwards, he has a real problem with words," said the paper's chief music critic, Alexis Petridis.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
They were down in some subterranean place—the bottom of a well, for instance, or a very deep grave—but it was a place which, already far below him, was itself moving downwards.
From "1984" by George Orwell
