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get sick
She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital -
criticize or reprimand harshly
The critics came down hard on the new play -
fall from clouds
Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
rain, snow and sleet were falling -
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
The curtain fell on the diva
Her hand went up and then fell again
The temperature is going down
The barometer is falling -
be the essential element
The proposal boils down to a compromise
How To Use come down In A Sentence
- `A lot of young ones come down with the croup from time to time. LASTING TREASURES
- And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. The Doré Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 4
- Make haste, and come down this moment. Pride and Prejudice
- It would be unforgivably discourteous not to come down to dinner. SANDS OF TIME
- Waits have come down since claimants were told to present their case in person. The Sun
- Myriad interrelated factors will influence which of them come down as snow. Times, Sunday Times
- We were forced to come down in a field.
- Make haste, and come down this moment. Pride and Prejudice
- At sharp five o'clock th 'rivolution begun. Th' sthreets was dinsely packed with busy journalists, polis, sojers, an 'fash'nably dhressed ladies who come down fr'm th' Chang's All Easy in motocycles. Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen
- The lags staged the rooftop protest during a sunny spell and refused to come down. The Sun
