put-down

Example Sentences

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It was not only her contemptuous put-down: “You have no foreign policy experience and it shows.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

He also appeared in the 1998 remake of the monster movie “Godzilla” as the bumbling Mayor Ebert of New York — an unsubtle nod to film critic Roger Ebert, who took the put-down in stride.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

He routinely denounces tiny, dry or flavorless offerings as “dead,” his put-down of choice, unless a wing is beyond awful, in which case it’s deemed “nasty.”

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022

What makes this all the more frustrating is that it's true, as the editorial board says, that "social media is awash in speech of the point-scoring, picking-apart, piling-on, put-down variety."

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2022

I floundered for a killer put-down line without any stammer words in it.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell