downright

Example Sentences

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"I've gotten used to it, but before, at the beginning, it was downright stressful."

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

So if you — like many in the financial media — are worried about private credit, you should be downright frightened by private equity.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

"It is frightening. It is insensitive. And for many families, it feels downright insulting."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

“But that’s no reason to lose our heads. People are being downright careless, out on the streets in broad daylight, not even dressed in Muggle clothes, swapping rumors.”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling