downwards

Example Sentences

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"If you're being bleached before you've even recovered and been able to produce juveniles again, then that's only a downwards trajectory from there," said Oakley.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Amaaz said: "I remember it pushing me downwards towards the floor. I think that's what woke me back up."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

"We have also reassessed the structural changes in the German economy and, in particular, revised our forecast for industrial growth downwards," Wollmershaeuser said.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“It’s been spiraling downwards every week,” Gough said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

It tipped downwards in earthy showers, back into the trench in the Abbey grounds whence it had first come.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques