downer

Example Sentences

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But Riley stressed the film is not a downer portrayal of the struggle between social classes.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Eventually she started Go Gentle, but still, her heroine was a downer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Like virtually all of the climate scientists I spoke with, he’s not trying to be a downer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 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