cast down

as in sad
feeling unhappiness newly widowed, he was cast down at the thought of being alone once again

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Recent Examples of cast down And then, all of a sudden, all of the threads rip loose, and the net gets cast down to nothing. Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 23 June 2023 Make good use of the constructive energies the sun and Saturn are casting down. USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023 His gaze, too, is cast down. New York Times, 23 June 2022 The beast has been killed, the brush has grown wild, and Elif strides out of the frame with her eyes cast down, carrying her Quran. Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for cast down 
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Adjective
  • Myriad other parties this week included soirees hosted by GQ, which may or may not still publish a magazine, and Sports Illustrated, which cut its once-stellar staff to the bone and became a sad shell of its former self but evidently can still afford to throw a Super Bowl party.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
  • That history stems from many things, but our sad legacy is behind us.
    Chris Brewster, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Laviolette puts lines in a blender Clearly unhappy with his team’s effort against Pittsburgh on Friday, Laviolette made drastic changes to his lineup.
    Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Many users are rushing to social media to voice their complaints, with one Reddit thread picking up over 10,000 comments, mostly complaints from unhappy gamers.
    Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But Chinese policymakers have been struggling to contain a massive property-market slump, alongside depressed consumer confidence.
    Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Morosi believes Arenado's apparent decline is playing a role in his depressed trade market.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Our community is heartbroken and our hearts go out to everyone that's been impacted.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • La Plata Youth Soccer Association and FC Charles 1658 posted on social media applauding his support for their teams and expressing how heartbroken the community was.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • On the day after the New England Patriots ended their NFL season with a miserable 4-13 record, team owner Robert Kraft fired Jerod Mayo, the team’s first Black head coach.
    Joseph N. Cooper, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
  • In addition to a generally miserable illness, measles can cause complications: 1 in 5 unvaccinated people with measles in the US end up hospitalized.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • If a nation produces two great works of cinema in a single year, sorry, one’s gotta go.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Mathews agreed that there was no need for Barrymore to feel sorry for expressing herself in a way that feels comfortable.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Listen to this article Things keep getting worse for the Cleveland Browns.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This is a bad bill that’s wasting the time of Annapolis legislators who have much more important issues to resolve for the people of this state.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Knowledge of that ticking clock is one of many affecting veins of melancholy subtext running through Ira Sachs’ uniquely beautiful experiment in verbatim first-person biography, Peter Hujar’s Day, a work that ranks among the director’s best.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The songs that make up the film’s soundtrack similarly run the gamut; a flamenco number anchors a melancholy moment of remembrance.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025

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“Cast down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20down. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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