downer

Example Sentences

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Sorry to be a downer, but the reality is December and January are typically the months when companies cut the most jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Singer Emmy aims for a hopeful spin on a tragic story but, despite a peppy performance, it's a bit of a downer.

From BBC • May 9, 2025

The only downer with “Welcome Tour,” which is primarily designed to show off the console’s capabilities, is that it doesn’t come bundled with the Switch 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

Made in collaboration with Pallenberg’s son Marlon Richards, “Catching Fire” is a redemptive portrait that nevertheless plays like a downer.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

For a man, having red hair or curly hair is a downer, as is “bald with a fringe”—but a shaved head is okay.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt