downbeat

Example Sentences

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“The Kindness of Strangers” is set in London in 1953, where the downbeat postwar economy has brought together a group of lodgers in the ramshackle house owned by Honor Wilson.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Shares of Under Armour took a dive in early Tuesday trading after the athletic-gear maker reported a wider fiscal fourth-quarter loss than Wall Street was expecting, while providing a downbeat profit outlook.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The demand recovery helped overshadow a downbeat earnings outlook for the current quarter and lowered profit guidance for the full year, as demand fell in the weeks following the start of the conflict.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

A quarterly survey of U.S. professionals on LinkedIn shows that workers have had a downbeat assessment of the labor market for the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Then the piano keys trilled and the guitar and bass and drums pounced on the downbeat and I forgot all about Vonetta, the record needle, and getting in trouble.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia