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Main Entry:
down·cast
[
doun
-kast
,
-kahst
]
/
ˈdaʊnˌkæst
,
-ˌkɑst
/
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Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
downcast
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
We were
downcast
for a while after receiving the discouraging news.
Still, the private-equity boss was by no means
downcast
as he sharpened his axe.
But colleagues said he did not seem
downcast
and usually appeared happy.
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We were
downcast
for a while after receiving the discouraging news.
Still, the private-equity boss was by no means
downcast
as he sharpened his axe.
But colleagues said he did not seem
downcast
and usually appeared happy.
Wharton, down in the rankings, has revamped its career-services office and is trying to cheer up its
downcast
faculty.
The record shows that she sat through the hearing in silence, her arms folded, her eyes
downcast
.
Vaguely heard or not, the music had its effect on an audience that seemed anything but
downcast
.
ON a pro football team whose coach tries to keep the players from getting too excited about success or too
downcast
over failure.
But during a brief conversation on the front stoop, the professor was subdued and
downcast
and refused to comment.
Her
downcast
eye was embellished with a fallen ringlet that threw her brow in shadow.
On the front of a long white dress are the slightly shadowed,
downcast
heads of two saintly figures.
Prodi, accusing his government of inaction at a particularly
downcast
moment here.
Piper's
downcast
sensuality makes you long for the world to give her whatever she wants.
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