live down

Example Sentences

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“I know some upstanding people who’ve lived down worse than that. I’m not going to tell you which ones, though.”

From Literature

“I had an uncle. A great-uncle. Saul. He lived down South, scraping by, like our people had to do in those days.”

From Literature

His mother’s parents, who lived down the street from them, were sharp and a little intimidating, but still frail.

From Literature

I love where I live down there, and I’ll go back in January and start filming.

From Los Angeles Times

“And then wages aren’t keeping up with the costs, and the third thing that’s pretty unique about living down here is not just the cost of housing, but the fact that there’s no housing available.”

From Salon