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If these questions give off a strong smell of the seminar room, do not be cast down: There is plenty of fun, and truly adorable stuff, to be consumed.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

"I see," Songmi says, her eyes cast down.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023

Or, metaphorically, she says, “Caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2022

Interviewed on Sky News last week, with eyes cast down and head hanging, he looked deflated and dejected as he repeatedly apologized for “misjudgment” in attending the May 2020 garden party.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2022

It was at this dark time of my life that Herbert returned home one evening, a good deal cast down, and said,—

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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