cry down
Example Sentences
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It was to their interest to cry down the equivalence of silver; they paid less and received more.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
Artists cry down our costume; forgetting that if they have not folds of drapery to paint, that is because they have in each man every limb to which they may assign its posture.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by
And therefore, you might cry down all your performances, when you could challenge them with no particular blot, with this—all is short of the command, and infinitely short.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
In vain was reason given, if man therewith Shame truth, and name it wisdom to cry down The unschooled promptings of his best desire.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert
Bryan unbarred the door, and all three rushed out in the yard, when they heard the same cry down the boreheen, but could see nothing.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
