cast down

How To Use cast down In A Sentence

• It was of a suitable Ash Wednesday character and left the congregation feeling sober and a little cast down.
• And once again, she was racing ahead, with eyes cast downward and ear buds plugging her ears.
• What about the shock in heaven when Lucifer, the light bearer they called the anointed cherub, led a revolt in heaven and a third of the angels, the bible says, were cast down. CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2002
• Booker T. Washington made his mark with the infamous “Atlanta Compromise” speech, in which he entreated black Southerners to “cast down their bucket where [they were]” and accommodate white Southerners in hope of obtaining equality through humility and diligence. W. E. B. Du Bois & Booker T. Washington: Two Sides of the Same Coin | Edwardian Promenade
• The enemy cast down their weapons.
• Her eyes were cast down - almost in a guilty manner - to the ground and her fingers were wrapped tightly around the rim of the gold mask.
• The old count cast down his eyes on hearing his son's words and began bustlingly searching for something. War and Peace
• Cooper crossed his arms over his chest, his eyes still cast downward.
• Her head bowed and eyes cast down, she made a poor figure upon the pedestal, and most people did not look twice after seeing her lame foot.
• Truly God exalts the humble and cast down the proud.