cast down
Example Sentences
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One more day to cast down the mighty, lift up the lowly and send the rich away.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2023
They began picking their way down the beach, eyes cast down as they searched for the right white splotches.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023
"I see," Songmi says, her eyes cast down.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023
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
Many were cast down in ruin, but many more replaced them, and Orcs sprang up them like apes in the dark forests of the South.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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