How To Use Downcast In A Sentence
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The requests were the old ones: portraits of pretty mistresses done up as Arcadian shepherdesses, Virgins with downcast eyes and brilliant blue cloaks, sentimentalised pictures of the Infant Christ.
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He looks downcast, a frown passing like a cloud over his famously large forehead.
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If summer sun is supposed to turn thoughts to romance, this year 's washout must be making the unattached feel as downcast as the overcast skies.
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The little girl wasn't downcast for long, however, and she grabbed Peter's hand.
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Her eyes are downcast as if she is lost in thought.
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She's sitting on the floor, seeming more and more downcast at every word John says.
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The proper external conduct of the body - such as the wearing of the robe neatly, good deportment, downcast eyes, and observation of good behaviour - is frequently seen as evidence for a state of virtue.
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He probably didn't see his demise coming until Sulzberger's downcast eyes telegraphed it to him.
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Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.
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Yet marvels of all, we saw no crying women or downcast men.
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Bond noticed that he had not enquired his own name and finally volunteered with downcast eye, ‘My name is Gerda.’
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Jamie seems very downcast at the moment. He misses Jenny terribly.
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His eyes were downcast as he stepped over to unbolt the gate.
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For a day he was downcast but soon he was talking about auditioning for a local production of ‘Brigadoon.’
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Both seemed downcast and miserable and were staying together for the sake of their teenage son.
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He was alternately downcast and defiant, becoming more animated in his exchanges with the judge as the hearing went on.
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I studied her downcast eyes and continued: ‘Who did these then?’
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He entered the presence of the Prince of Scotland, creeping as if he trode upon eggs, with downcast eyes, and a frame that seemed shrunk up by
The Fair Maid of Perth
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Yet she was always downcast, antisocial, and she wrote the darkest poetry, which she shared with me.
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Her downcast eyes rise to meet the men of the Coventry household, first the handsome young brothers, then the filthy-rich uncle.
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If summer sun is supposed to turn thoughts to romance, this year's washout must be making the unattached feel as downcast as the overcast skies.
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She ponders the idea with a quiet downcast gaze.
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Around the corner, with the rest of the Celtic fans, Sean is downcast about the 3-2 win for Rangers, but sure his team can bounce back.
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Eyes downcast, she continued eating and did not speak again.
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But wait, if you give this release a chance, you'll find smart lyrics and longer, downcast balladry that doesn't lend itself well to a catchy, three-minute radio single format.
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Eyes downcast, she continued eating and did not speak again.
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The men we met walked past slow, unsmiling, with downcast eyes, as if the melancholy of an over-burdened earth had weighted their feet, bowed their shoulders, borne down their glances.
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Many times in the film, an arched eyebrow, a downcast eye (followed by a POV shot), or wrinkled, furrowed brow says a lot more than the witty bon mots that the cast members like to throw about.
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I looked to my feet, then across at my downcast companion.
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So, she hid her femininity behind demureness, read her poems with eyes downcast and scuttled back to the safe haven of domesticity.
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His winning photographs show a downcast girl in St Marks Square and a girl sitting at a table in Venice.
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Salmond's first two weeks of the campaign, however, have brought some much-needed good heart to many of its still downcast members.
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He rode hurriedly from the battlefield and returned to the Shevardino knoll, where he sat on his campstool, his sallow face swollen and heavy, his eyes dim, his nose red, and his voice hoarse, involuntarily listening, with downcast eyes, to the sounds of firing.
War and Peace
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With his cane, his downcast eyes, and bandy legged gait, he is the antithesis of Hollywood muscle-bound steroid cases.
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Since her eyes were usually downcast, it could be slightly disconcerting when she raised them and looked at you directly.
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There is an outflowing of haan or inward, downcast, and repressed feelings at work in many of these situations.
Bernard Rowan: Hallyu and Haan
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He added: ‘I suppose it is a testimony to my doctor that he gave us the news, white faced, nervous, with eyes downcast… as if it was something both unsayable and already said.’
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The lady in waiting was silent, with downcast eyes and a broken spirit.
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But when I am discouraged or downcast I need only fling open the door of my closet, and there, hidden behind everything else, hangs the mantle of Michel de Montaigne, smelling slightly of camphor.
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With downcast eyes they advance and retreat through a series of carefully plotted steps that maintain a tight dynamic.
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There will be applause, appropriate blushing and downcast eyes on my part, followed by an incredible job offer.
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The exchanged looks, downcast eyes, or brutal and grim determination of the guards all make this film seem real.
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He looked so vulnerable, barely sitting up with an arched back, and his face downcast.
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Cole scuffled over, his hands in his pockets and his eyes downcast.
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Indeed, his sublime, angular downstrokes follow the smooth confidence of his basslines, and he sings with his downcast delivery and dramatic flair.
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But his downcast eyes examine the ground as glumly as a man who has just been told he has cancer.
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He saw it in her lovely eyes, the delicious downcast look she gave, so languorous, so seductive.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
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She sat down and tried to remember, downcast at her failure to recall the events of the vivid dream.
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Eyes are usually downcast, focused elsewhere.
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The disciples are shattered, downcast, scattered and leaderless - and these people then establish a church which 'conquers' the known world.
Only love can believe
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Both seemed downcast and miserable and were staying together for the sake of their teenage son.
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Muriel shot a look at Lily's downcast profile.
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One early morning a few weeks ago, I noticed a downcast boy alone in the park kicking a can.
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It was as if those gifts sat meekly inside her heart with eyes downcast and wearing a hat.
Christianity Today
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Another image on her studio workbench was of a very young man with his eyes downcast, sitting in a dock next to a court officer.
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Would you rather she just sat there, head downcast, assuming a suitably downtrodden, meekly supplicating air for you?
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Her eyes were downcast, and she did not look up as Molly drew shyly near.
Wives and Daughters
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The Black Cap depicts a downcast figure swallowed by a voluminous skirt that occupies the entire lower surface of the painting.
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She is almost always shown in profile and never engages the viewer, but with downcast eyes she seems intensely self-absorbed or excessively demure.
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So, if any one wants to fight, "-- he looked at Raventik here, but that fire-eater happened to be absent-minded at the moment, and sat with downcast eyes, --" _to fight_, "he repeated with emphasis," he will have to remain at home and fight the walrus -- or the women!
The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice
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Three months ago he returned from Australia and then the World Cup a downcast cricketer.
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As had been agreed upon, I followed my three men humbly and at a slight distance, my eyes discreetly downcast, only taking mental notes asquint as I passed.
High Albania
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The council and officers were very downcast, but decided to keep trying for the long-term benefit of the town.
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But now, he was saddled with these spineless ragamuffins, who followed his orders still, but did it with downcast scared eyes and pale faces, people who wouldn't be here if they had anywhere else to go.
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Or Binodini of ‘Choker Bali’ whose downcast eyes promised the quiet glow of life after sunset, and the raised ones the joy of sunshine after a gloomy shower?
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There comes a definitive moment at the end of every Super Bowl when exuberant and downcast fans alike know when to shut off the TV, or at least change the channel.
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However unpropitious the news from Canterbury, however downcast by events at The Oval earlier in the week, Shane Warne was far from a cowed figure at Sophia Gardens yesterday.
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Then I rose up and put my hand to my bosom (for Baudoin had given me the flasket ere we came to the perron): I spake in a loud voice, and it sounded wild and hard in the goodly hall: My lady, I said, thou art looking but pale now, and sick and downcast.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
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She watched his downcast face, as he rested the fine horsehair of his bow on his knee.
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Eyes downcast; baby lips pulled into a frown; dull, vacant stare.
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The soldiers wore the downcast, silent, and sullen looks with which they trail their arms at a funeral, and stepped with such caution that you could not hear a buckler ring or a sword clatter, though so many men in armour were moving around the tent.
The Talisman
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The man behind, shown full face and drinking from a lifted jar, has faded into darkness, while at left a boy, whose downcast, three-quarter glance is highlighted by a stream of light, hesitantly grasps the proffered goblet.
The Compassionate Scoundrel
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With his cane, his downcast eyes, and bandy legged gait, he is the antithesis of Hollywood muscle-bound steroid cases.
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downcast after his defeat
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A Buddhist monk offered prayers for their health and happiness in contrast to the royal couple's general downcast attitude.
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Most of them walked with downcast eyes or staring blankly straight in front of them.
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Oh, I acquitted myself well enough and no-one got bruised, but I ended the working day feeling washed out, tired and a little downcast.
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With his cane, his downcast eyes, and bandy legged gait, he is the antithesis of Hollywood muscle-bound steroid cases.
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She seems to believe that a nun-like demureness equates to mystery and depth of character and walks around with her eyes permanently downcast, a small, irritatingly sly smile on her lips.
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To try and liven up the downcast mood, some of my fellow-tourists start reminiscing about more productive quests for an appointment with our eremitic host.
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It is the same scene with the crucial difference that the young farmer has disappeared, leaving the hesitant, downcast girl still dangling her straw hat, its ribbons stirring gently in the breeze.
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I was chagrined or downcast by the contrast which the reality of a pensionnat de demoiselles presented to my vague ideal of the same community; I was only enlightened and amused; consequently, I felt in no disposition to complain to Mdlle.
The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
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a downcast glance
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An unhappy life made her downcast.
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‘They are all extraordinarily sweet,’ said Siegmund to the full-mouthed scabious and the awkward, downcast ragwort.
The Trespasser
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It's not often that anything wipes the cheery grin off his face but he was downcast on learning the bad news that his finger was broken.
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His eyes are always downcast, he never lifts his glance.
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A woman who appears to be a downcast person who lives under bridges, turns out to be has a metamorphose into a princess and has a regal personage.
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On the other side the blushless captain of dragoons listened, with downcast eyes, to the sentimental compliments of Beaumarchais, and suffered himself, without a smile, to be compared to the Maid of Orleans, 'says the Duc de Broglie.
Historical Mysteries
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Baret sat down on the bed beside Marta, who kept her face downcast and fiddled with the sheets nervously.
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‘He was downtown and got jumped,’ he replied with downcast eyes.
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His face was grey, his eyes were downcast.
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The huge crowd at Colbert Station was an instant spur to the downcast players some of whom quickly wiped away the tears to savour what proved to be a memorable occasion.
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I saw young ones, eyes downcast, dutifully hammering out license plates and leather purses.
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Brazil's players were downcast and apologised.
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He sighed, his eyes downcast as he continued to walk absent-mindedly across the path.
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Objects accepted are predefined and you don't need to upcast and downcast.
Bruce Eckel's MindView, Inc: 7-9-04 Java Issues & Directions
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No "sahib", or downcast eyes, or humble tone, you notice.
Flashman and the Mountain of Light
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Her downcast eyes plead for dignity.
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Countess: the word Pamela was in what he said: she answered him with a downcast look, in the same language, half-pleased, half-serious, and the chariot drove away.
Pamela
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The mood of the people was downcast after Australia notched up a whopping 359.
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You see them walking to and from church at all hours, in their hoods and long camblet cloaks, with a slow pace, demure aspect, and downcast eye.
Travels through France and Italy
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Simple St George listens with downcast eyes before the ancient hermit's gaze harrowed by visions; abashed, although he has accomplished more.
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Chloe raised her blue downcast eyes and stared up at the young woman who had appeared in front of the breakfast table.
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You might program it to have a distinct state called "sadness," where it would display symptoms such as frowning, downcast eyes, and broken concentration.
From amoebas to elephants
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The soldiers wore the downcast, silent, and sullen looks, with which they trail their arms at a funeral, and stepped with such caution that you could not hear a buckler ring, or a sword clatter, though so many men in armour were moving around the tent.
The Talisman
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The belts attached to it make clinking sounds as I walk quickly past the people, my eyes downcast.
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If summer sun is supposed to turn thoughts to romance, this year 's washout must be making the unattached feel as downcast as the overcast skies.
Times, Sunday Times
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Eyes remain downcast, which makes the production an introverted exercise.
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The "ae" in gedaefte, written as a single intertwined character a diagraph, was a vowel called "ash," from a northern European runic letter that looked like a downcast F.
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Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.
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Crocodile tears spilled over onto Millicent's cheeks and she stood with downcast eyes.