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
"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
Instead of clothes, she was wrapped in a towel, eyes cast down in a vacant stare, a photo taken during the visit shows.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021
I learned to walk down those rich streets, eyes humbly cast down, with no sense of what lay ten feet in front of me, but with an exquisite awareness of what was on either side.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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