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Example sentences for "downed"

Lexicographically close words:
down; downa; downbent; downcast; downe; downfal; downfall; downgrade; downhaul; downhearted
  1. Martin made a fair catch, but before he could run back was downed in his tracks.

  2. We downed them when they tried to rush us, blocked when they kicked, and stopped them in their attempt to skirt the ends.

  3. Miller made a great jumping catch, but Axtell's savage tackle downed him where he stood.

  4. Hudson skirted left end, cleverly dodging Caldwell and making twelve yards, before Tom leaped upon him and downed him heavily.

  5. Then he knew the folly of such a plan: Schwartzmann's men were armed; he would be downed in another second, his body a shattered, jellied mass.

  6. The eternal scientist in the man could not be downed by a mere hold-up.

  7. Willum might ha' downed me, being so young and strong a man.

  8. Had it not been for the lone safety man who rushed him and downed him at the fifteen yard line, it must surely have been a touchdown from a run-back--a marvelous feat.

  9. There he was downed by the opponent's safety man.

  10. Brannhard downed what was left of his drink, got a cigar out of his pocket and lit it.

  11. He started feeling warm inside, as though he had just downed a slug of Baldur honey-rum.

  12. A worried Hamilton, receiving the kick-off, was downed on her twenty-two yard mark.

  13. This time the ball went to Frank Meade who was downed on the twenty-five yard mark.

  14. Either one of our boys ought to have downed the ball on Madison's eight yard line but both of 'em muffed it.

  15. Bishop of the English flying forces, according to his own story recently published, downed seventy-two enemy planes in confirmed victories during the year 1917.

  16. The French system of accounting downed airplanes has been extremely exacting.

  17. Captain Heurteaux, chief of the corps from December, 1916, until he was wounded in September of the following year, rivaled the marksmanship of Guynemer when he downed a hostile plane with a single bullet.

  18. When Guynemer’s friends protested, he only smiled--and downed more Boches.

  19. I drove it slap into the face of the man who had struck me first, then into the chest of the fellow next him, and lastly downed a third with a crack on the skull.

  20. It was the turning point of the whole show, Hans, for if the beggar hadn't been downed at that very moment, they'd have got us to a cert.

  21. One man blocked the way, levelled a revolver at him, and then Bard shot in self-defence and downed Calamity Ben.

  22. The feller that downed Sandy was--a tenderfoot.

  23. I stood behind the door of the cabin, and when he come in I downed him with a club.

  24. Frenchy quietly poured out another glass and downed it.

  25. Armed Soviet moon-cats are, at this moment, moving toward the downed craft.

  26. Of all these happenings Ainsley retains only a very jumbled recollection, but he remembers very distinctly his savage satisfaction at seeing "that fool sergeant" downed and the unappeased anger he still felt with him.

  27. Only two or three o' us that wasn't downed and was able to get back out o' the Leak an' across the Pan to here.

  28. If I had I would have downed his pony with that last shot an' turned him over to you.

  29. Mebby it's that Denver party gettin' downed last week an' no one lynched.

  30. Wolfville has downed her on the deal, an' on the draw.

  31. I give him fair warnin', and then I downed his horse.

  32. It was his war, and when he got downed they didn't see no sense carryin' it on.

  33. However, I thought we should have been downed six months ago, yet here we are still.

  34. Stead o' which, as you might say, havin' downed sail and made things pretty well shipshape on deck, I went below and trimmed and lit the riding light.

  35. Some mischievous wight loosed a dog as big as a jackass colt, and came roaring after him, and downed him momently.

  36. If the Reverend Kid had opened shop in the regular way, Tate and his pals would have downed him in no time; but what you going to do about sermons that are slipped in with talks to women over their wash-tubs, and what not?

  37. Masculine superiority trembled during Marsena's reign, which lasted five years; then Fate downed her.

  38. In like manner had he downed and controlled Joyce's mother.

  39. He would be called no more the "Tomcat," but gain rebaptism as the "Man who downed Bat Masterson!

  40. Bat ought to have downed him," observed Mr. Dixon to those several members of the body politic assembled to witness the exodus of Sergeant King; "Bat ought to have downed him.

  41. All I can do is ride in and say that in my judgment Bear Shield's outfit has downed him.

  42. They downed their drinks and turned, as one man, to hurl the glasses into the wastebasket.

  43. He raised his glass for a second, then downed the contents.

  44. As the sun bore down, the runways dried and afternoon enemy attacks were met by Cactus fighters, who downed 22 Japanese planes with a loss of three of their own.

  45. The tall engineer shoveled a short path to the downed spruce and cleared the way into the shelter where the Sno cars waited.

  46. A few minutes later they broke out into the edge of the small clearing with its downed spruce and the two Sno cars.

  47. He watched the vidicast for a half hour and then mixed a nightcap, downed it, bathed and piled into bed.

  48. Steve gets himse'f downed a year after, an' strikes out for new ranges in the skies.

  49. The household servants have 'downed tools,' madame," said Richardson.


  50. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "downed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.