How To Use Downward In A Sentence

The garden sloped gently downward to the river.
After climbing a steep rise for about twenty minutes the road crested, then began to slope downwards, taking a more westerly direction.
In a downward inflation trend, salary expectations lag the decreases in inflation.
It is generally longer than it is wide and its floor slopes downwards towards a junction either with another valley or a plain.
If the condenser must be located above the turbine, then the pipe should be carried first downward and then upward in the U form, in the manner of the familiar "entrainer," which will be found effectively to prevent water getting back when the turbine is operating. Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers

What a suasory example it is for those, who through some freak of fortune, being enabled to shake off the dust of honest toil and industry, are very ready to look downward with contempt upon the rank they have just left. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense
With a blood-curdling scream she fell downwards.
Traced downward, it covers the antero-superior surface of the stomach and the commencement of the duodenum, and is carried down into a large free fold, known as the gastrocolic ligament or greater omentum. XI. Splanchnology. 2e. The Abdomen
He has on the back of his stone a shield with nine rows of chequers; over the top of the shield is a mascle between two keys fesswise, bits inwards and downwards.
Combined with customers who would steer clear of Detroit brands because of uncertainty surrounding maintenance warranties, a messy bankruptcy could have have kicked off a vicious downward spiral that could have ended in liquidation and enormous job losses. Wonk Room » If We Had Let GM Go Bankrupt Last November, We Could Have Lost Another Million Jobs
Luxury motors and diesels bucked the downward trend. The Sun
Without warning my foothold broke and I slid downward ripping a gash in the plastic that held the containers of water together.
This invention relates to improvements in vertical continuous casting or the casting technique of obtaining cast pieces by drawing a strand formed in a water-cooled mold downward without incurvating, and then cutting the strand.
The whole thing is a downward spiral. Times, Sunday Times
He also alluded to'considerable downward pressure '. Times, Sunday Times
Or on the other hand, from the governments' perspective should piracy be viewed as a handy but deniable mechanism for pressuring the software company's pricing downwards?
In the middle line is the posterior part of the sagittal suture connecting the parietal bones; extending downward and lateralward from the hinder end of the sagittal suture is the deeply serrated lambdoidal suture joining the parietals to the occipital and continuous below with the parietomastoid and occipitomastoid sutures; it frequently contains one or more sutural bones. II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
Its downward trend was disturbed only by the uncertainty of the First World War and a sharp but transient post-war baby boom.
The anterior and posterior portions of the corpus callosum curve sharply downwards to form its genu and splenium, respectively.
Struggle comparing upward. Happy compare downward.
The refrigerator door was wide open, and he was lying just behind it, slumped face downwards.
It emphasizes the three - step shakes and trembles rhythm and downward strong beats.
Behind these small downward statistical movements are people who are finding selling surprisingly tough. Times, Sunday Times
It presents a large, smooth, concave surface, called the iliac fossa, which gives origin to the Iliacus and is perforated at its inner part by a nutrient canal; and below this a smooth, rounded border, the arcuate line, which runs downward, forward, and medialward. II. Osteology. 6c. The Bones of the Lower Extremity. 1. The Hip Bone
Along with his intensely loyal family he struggles hard to achieve downward mobility.
Gentle traction downward on the head will assist in bringing the anterior shoulder beneath the symphysis.
Reika parries a downward thrust and spins around, backhanding her adversary.
For example, colonial anthozoan cnidarians, in particular the Pennatulacea or "sea pens" are quite capable of moving, defouling themselves, and burrowing both upwards and downwards.
Jules Galdea explained to us that these revolving fan-like wheels on top of the cars destroyed atmospheric pressure, or what is generally understood by the term gravitation, and with this force thus destroyed or rendered nugatory the car is as safe from falling to one side or the other from the single rail track as if it were in a vacuum; the fly wheels in their rapid revolutions destroying effectually the so-called power of gravitation, or the force of atmospheric pressure or whatever potent influence it may be that causes all unsupported things to fall downward to the earth's surface or to the nearest point of resistance. The Smoky God, or: A Voyage to the Inner World
The principle, every thing for every thing and all together one, is so exact, that every atom and tiniest insect feels the touch, in fact, of every heaviest, highest, and remotest orb, and every such orb a respectiveness of action reaching downward, after every such minim of matter and life. Christian Nurture.
Leaving the world a better place than we found it by reversing this downward spiral hatred and ignorance for our children and our grandchildren is truly the "Game Changer" that we all need to strive for. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf: Why I'm Honored to Be Named a Huffington Post Game Changer
In recent years, he has clung to power as the country's economy spiraled downward and political opposition to his government has grown.
When the sealed ends are cold and the blood has clotted, place the pipette on the centrifuge, clean end downward; counterpoise and centrifugalise thoroughly. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.
Behind this process a broad, thin plate, the ethmoidal process, ascends to join the uncinate process of the ethmoid; from its lower border a thin lamina, the maxillary process, curves downward and lateralward; it articulates with the maxilla and forms a part of the medial wall of the maxillary sinus. II. Osteology. 5b. 6. The Inferior Nasal Concha
But it also puts downward pressure on domestic inflation, strengthens consumption and burnishes the yuan's case for becoming a more global currency—something Chinese officials see as key to reducing Beijing's dependence on the U.S. dollar. China Central Bank Sets Yuan Post at Record
But when he emerged from the towel, he was not yet satisfactory, for the clean territory stopped short at his chin and his jaws, like a mask; below and beyond this line there was a dark expanse of unirrigated soil that spread downward in front and backward around his neck. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
High cliffs towered above us, and fragments which must have weighed twenty tons had slipped into the water; one of them bore an adansonia, growing head downwards. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
The result was not pretty but did show just how powerful the rudder is as she weathercocked into the downward vertical.
Even grown dogs might hurtle him backward or sideways with the impact of their heavy bodies; and backward or sideways he would go, in the air or sliding on the ground, but always with his legs under him and his feet downward to the mother earth. The Outcast
The custom has continued from the 16th century downward.
She finally rounded a corner and noticed that the path this time seemed to slope downwards.
It is covered by and adherent to a fold of pia mater, named the tela chorioidea of the third ventricle, from the under surface of which a pair of vascular fringed processes, the choroid plexuses of the third ventricle, project downward, one on either side of the middle line, and invaginate the epithelial roof into the ventricular cavity. IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
Downbeat nystagmus is a term used to describe nystagmus with fast-phase beating downward when the eyes are looking forward or down.
The buried debris then acts as a physical barrier to the movement of water upward and downward.
This can lead to a downward spiral of weight gain and low self-esteem. The Sun
Materials and food prices began to drift downwards from the summer of 1973.
Due to this a small adjustment, downwards, in the price occurs, to compensate for the dealer being short of funds.
Erin tried to arrest his downward progress but the plunging stream carried him bumping along.
The cliffs were barely visible now, plunging downwards to a broad inlet spanned by many bridges and surrounded by a sprawling port. THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE
The station is somewhat different from reality, and - perversely - passengers leave the low-level station via a downward staircase.
Super slow-motion replays appeared to show O'Driscoll did not apply downward pressure on the ball.
Unable to accept this reality, Kinsley, like many of the president's other critics, continues to spiral downward into irrationality.
It is wrong to read the history of legal aid as careering from crisis to crisis in a downward trajectory. Times, Sunday Times
Taproot A persistent primary root that grows vertically downward. Swollen taproots used for food storage are common in many biennial plants, such as carrot (Daucus carota).
If it's a crisis, the spiral is downward. Times, Sunday Times
Consequently, the fall in demand for building materials and construction workers will generate downward multiplier effects on other types of investment.
She climbed downwards to a lower branch of the tree.
The thing beyond the stair-rail slashed downwards at Cardiff again and caught his sleeve.
Using a new razor and fragrance-free shaving gel, shave downward in the direction of the hair.
It's a fateful symbiosis in a downward spiral of political aspiration.
If your front yard slopes downward, it is a good idea to terrace it and/or have a waist-high hedge blocking the initial drop off.
The collapse of the property bubble and the Asian financial crisis in 1997 sent the city into a downward spiral of job losses and deflation.
As all those who held direct of the crown by military service (for those who held "by serjeanty" appear to have been classed apart), from earls downwards, were alike "barons," the great difference in their position and importance must have led, from an early date, to their being roughly divided into "greater" and "lesser" barons, and indeed, under Henry II., the _Dialogus de Scaccario_ already distinguishes their holdings as Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
The highest eulogy that can be pronounced on the intellectual character of a ruler, in times of great civil convulsion, is that it is his policy to have no policy, content with keeping his ship trim as he permits her to sweep downwards with the precipitous torrent. An Address in Commemoration of Abraham Lincoln
He slipped over the ragged mat which formed the eaves, and the next moment, _crack, crack, crack_, he was hanging feet downwards, and then fell heavily in a cloud of dust bump upon the trampled earth, in company with a snake about six feet long, which began to glide rapidly away. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris
It slopes downward and to the right because the relationship it portrays between price and quantity demanded is negative or inverse.
Similarly we have upward locomotion and downward locomotion, which are contrary lengthwise, locomotion to the right and locomotion to the left, which are contrary breadthwise, and forward locomotion and backward locomotion, which too are contraries. Physics
With prudent money management you can beat the downward trend in rates and earn a good return on your savings.
The resistance of the innocent man caused the "whipper" to call in three other sturdy blacks, and, in a few minutes, the victim was fastened upon the stretcher, face downwards, his clothing removed, and the strong-armed white negro-whipper standing over him with uplifted whip. My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People
That'd be a large downwards arrow for the benefit of the whining Wolves fans, I expect.
In general, lime does not move downward further than plow depth in an organic soil.
Peering downwards, praying she hadn't just inadvertently trampled on Zebedee or Orlando or little Tallulah in the gloom, she grinned. TICKLED PINK
The arm pull should be somewhat downward to break the torso out of the water vertically and provide for a forward lunge and initial kick which will take the body to its first surface streamline position.
The vertebrae on the inside are regularly placed upon one another, but behind they are connected by a cartilaginous ligament; they are articulated in the form of synarthrosis at the back part of the spinal marrow; behind they have a sharp process having a cartilaginous epiphysis, whence proceeds the roots of nerves running downward, as also muscles extending from the neck to the loins, and filling the space between the ribs and the spine. Instruments Of Reduction
Looking around Joe saw the goggled face of his co-pilot, circling with his hand and then pointing downwards.
One thing about walking around a lot with a small child is that your eyes are always looking downwards towards the pavement.
Few think oil prices will lurch downwards again. Times, Sunday Times
He has moved downwards socially. Times, Sunday Times
For much of the year the index traded sideways or downwards. Times, Sunday Times
After airplane landing, saw from the porthole the first picture is, a combat transport stops in there, downward unloads a bunch of bunch of tent and the military stretcher.
Leaves a span long, cordato acuminate; the laminae all pointing downwards, glossy green and glabrous above. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
My poles and skis were attached to my pack and the downward trudge began as I suffered.
One was short, downward inflected, and frequency modulated that we have termed a ‘churr’ (corresponding to the ‘chin’ of Willis 1985).
But many brokers predict a long-term downward trend for maize due to the likelihood of a heavily oversupplied market.
The residents are quite rightly convinced it will blight the area and lead to increased crime and a downward spiral of house prices.
They are what are called catarrhine Apes -- that is, their nostrils have a narrow partition and look downwards; and, furthermore, their arms are always longer than their legs, the difference being sometimes greater and sometimes less; so that if the four were arranged in the order of the length of their arms in proportion to that of their legs, we should have this series -- Orang (1 4 Lectures and Essays
It moves downward when we breathe in, enlarging the chest cavity and pulling air in through the nose or mouth.
The vertebrae on the inside are regularly placed upon one another, but behind they are connected by a cartilaginous ligament; they are articulated in the form of synarthrosis at the back part of the spinal marrow; behind they have a sharp process having a cartilaginous epiphysis, whence proceeds the roots of nerves running downward, as also muscles extending from the neck to the loins, and filling the space between the ribs and the spine. Instruments Of Reduction
Its fixed 20-degree angle channels process snow through the blades and teeth downward into the ski trail.
Now it believes it has halted the downward slide following a restructuring and product strategy review over the past year.
His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. Sole Music
His entire bibliography is too long to mention, but some well-known titles include the Majipoor series, A Time of Changes, Nightwings, The Book of Skulls, Son of Man, Downward to the Earth, and Dying Inside. January 2009
Kuroda's splitter downward movement with spin and not gravity.
The sinuosity of the loft is taken back by the upside-down cones that, I suspended as stalactites, they channel downward the light Coni Rovesci by Duilio Damilano
Our expectations had been managed downward for more than a year.
Place a rubber band over your first and second fingers and hold your right hand facing downwards.
Instead it is a springboard upon which to hurtle back downwards at approaching the speed of light. Times, Sunday Times
These results have been broadly consistent with a slight downward trend for a generation.
Make sure the tip is moving downward when it comes into contact with the cueball, or you might scoop the ball and miscue.
Tracking downward from Riddick's face and spe-cial goggles, the attention of the flavescent trio even'tually came to rest on the big man's boots. The Chronicles of Riddick
Submarine trenches usually develop downward from depths around 6,000 m, the beginning of the hadal region, exclusive domain of highly specialized and exquisite molluscan communities.
In fact, cancer rates were trending downwards in all developing countries prior to screening programmes having been initiated in the 1960s.
With the change in the position of the stomach the dorsal mesogastrium is drawn downward and to the left, and the right side of the pancreas is directed backward and the left forward (Fig. 1103). XI. Splanchnology. 2j. The Pancreas
I did have one solitary experience with Ms. Reynolds before our relationship started to grow and my life got a huge kick-start in its already progressing downward spiral.
He performed a tactical approach to the airfield, banking the plane 45 degrees in a tight downward spiral to the left.
The ground tilted sharply downwards.
In those ten years the research centre had helped Smith and Nephew to become much more profitable and has grown in stature - and in share price which bucked the recent downward stock market trend to end 2.5 times higher than a decade ago.
There is also the Delmas hot air burner, in which the batswing flame is completely inclosed in a glass, mounted with a sheet-iron casing, heated by the products of combustion, through which the air passes on its passage downward to feed the flame; and it thus increases the temperature, improves the illuminating power, and produces a beautiful steady light. Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888
Worse yet, as the economy continued to spiral downward, the inflow of dollars slowed, forcing the currency board to restrict the country's money supply even further.
The right elbow has continued to fold and now points downwards. Winning Golf for Women
Also, because the light is redirected downward, the same amount of illumination can be achieved using a lower wattage bulb.
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.
We must avoid the downward spiral in which unemployment leads to homelessness and then to crime.
The sewer system runs from west London to east, on a downward tilt. Times, Sunday Times
The fibers are at first somewhat widely diffused, but as they descend through the corona radiata they gradually approach each other, and pass between the lentiform nucleus and thalamus, in the genu and anterior two-thirds of the occipital part of the internal capsule; those in the genu are named the geniculate fibers, while the remainder constitute the cerebrospinal fibers; proceeding downward they enter the middle three-fifths of the base of the cerebral peduncle. IX. Neurology. 1F. Pathways from the Brain to the Spinal Cord
A rise in interest rates would reverse the downward trend in inflation.
the downward course of the stream
The right elbow has continued to fold and now points downwards. Winning Golf for Women
Travels downward on the left side, to the next curve in the colon, called the sigmoid colon. BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
They were forcing her on to the downward ramp which would take her back to the autoroute, heading north. LAST SHOT
The death toll was later revised downwards to 689.
At the anterior end of the nucleus of the abducent nerve they make a second bend, and run downward and forward through the pons to their point of emergence between the olive and the inferior peduncle. IX. Neurology. 5g. The Facial Nerve
When these pyramidal fibers are traced downward it is found that some two-thirds or more of them leave the pyramids in successive bundles, and decussate in the anterior median fissure, forming what is termed the pyramidal decussation. IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon
The second hand swept on its downward curve, marking out the first instants of the new day. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
She was on a management seminar yesterday and spent this morning downwardly cascading the key points to an indifferent audience of Terry, Mike, Ash, Zippy and me.
This system of direct rule by proxy enraged the Unionist right and eventually unleashed a downward spiral of loyalist reaction and republican assertiveness.
But magazines that remain dependent on mass circulation and traditional advertising models will be locked into a downward pricing spiral in both their advertising and subscription business, requiring them to grow their rate base and reduce their ad rates -- a costly and unsustainable model for all but a few. Jack Myers: Magazine Industry Confronts a Challenging Yet Hopeful Future
‘Each man kills the thing he loves,’ sings Moreau in reedy, exhausted tones that recapitulate the inevitable downward trajectory of every star's career.
None of them went into a downward spiral, becoming withdrawn or incommunicative or unable to function.
Share prices continued their downward trend.
The people around us are increasingly secular, and our evangelistic efforts are on a downward trend. Christianity Today
Either way, the trajectory was set, the graph was trending downwards and at some point the end result would surely be death. Times, Sunday Times
The ‘car’ is powered by four engines, similar to standard car engines, which power enclosed fans in rotating nacelles (providing downward and rearward thrust).
With one wing damaged, the model airplane spiralled downwards.
Unfortunately, the foam insulation inside the suit also makes divers more buoyant and even less able to swim downward.
The downward trend has also infected companies that have not put a foot wrong. Times, Sunday Times
The Left Innominate Vein (v. anonyma sinistra), about 6 cm. in length, begins behind the sternal end of the clavicle and runs obliquely downward and to the right behind the upper half of the manubrium sterni to the sternal end of the first right costal cartilage, where it unites with the right innominate vein to form the superior vena cava. VII. The Veins. 3c. The Veins of the Upper Extremity and Thorax
During the tests, the airplane is fixed atop a ground-level metal grate over the hover pit - a large rectangular basin with special ducting that pulls away the propulsion system's downward rush of air and engine exhaust.
Paul Wright was unfortunate that his downward header was saved brilliantly by McCulloch.
A mesenchymal signal triggers an ectodermal cell to proliferate and the cells grow downward to form a hair germ.
However, the one market niche bucking the downward trend this year has been that catering for first-time buyers.
Then smudge downwards towards the lashes, using a cotton bud or a small brush.
The anterior, probably downwards-orientated, part of shell has a gape from which the foot could probably emerged.
He ran his hand along the surface and felt it curve upward, then downward again.
Spenser uses often ‘to welk’ (welken) in the sense of to fade, ‘to sty’ for to mount, ‘to hery’ as to glorify or praise, ‘to halse’ as to embrace, ‘teene’ as vexation or grief: Shakespeare ‘to tarre’ as to provoke, ‘to sperr’ as to enclose or bar in; ‘to sag’ for to droop, or hang the head downward. English Past and Present
Any direction you can imagine - upwards, downwards, or sidewards - electrons can do it.
With cultch either lacking or covered in slime from the freshwater inundations, a terrible downward spiral could be at hand. Times, Sunday Times
He was on the downward spiral. Banish Anxiety - how to stop worrying and take charge of your life
As is commonly the case in willingness-to-accept auctions, they found that median bids were relatively high in the first bidding round and generally trended downward as the experiment progressed.
To be a good manager, you must know how to devolve responsibility downwards.
Having slain those Kurus -- our kinsmen, that is, our friends and well-wishers, -- we shall have to sink in hell, beads (hanging) downwards. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
Had they determined to study the subject of life, as we have done, from the Bible as well as from nature, they would have commenced at these toad-producing rocks, and worked their way upward to the source of all life, and not downward to the vanishing point -- that where animal life ceases in the azoic rocks. Life: Its True Genesis
There is a continuous downward spiral of living conditions for the majority of the population.
This has proven to be a vicious downward spiral leading to the destruction of all past gains won in decades of struggle.
The downward line on the graph ends when the stimulus is passed, meaning that the rate of job losses began to decelerate after ARRA, with the post-stimulus deceleration happening almost exactly as fast as the losses had been accelerating before ARRA. Matthew Yglesias » You Can’t Create Jobs by “Focusing” on the Economy
I took off my warm-up jacket with hundreds of pairs of eyes watching my every move and cast my glance downward to get deep into the mind-set of a demure and sensitive bird. Welcome to My World
Both have 'lierne' vaults [_i. e._, vaults in which short transverse ribs or 'liernes' are mixed with the ribs that branch from the vaulting capitals], and in both the triforium is obtained by prolonging the clerestory windows downward, and making panels of the lower lights, which panels have a plain opening cut through them, by which the triforium space communicates with the passage over the roof of the side-aisles. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.].
I plant these in a semicircular drift around the birch and dogwoods, and bring them as close to the bench as possible because their downward facing flowers invite close inspection.
Isaiah's eyes started to shift sideways towards Tara who was sitting next to him, but he caught himself and instead forced his gaze downward.
But then I saw the left side of her face suddenly slide downwards - like it was made of wax and melting. The Sun
The move has proved prescient, with many dairy farms having gone out of business during the past two decades thanks to downward pressure on prices. Times, Sunday Times
Moreover, the massive international liquidity pool offers an overhang of constant downward pressure on the converged price of global finance.
In places, slivers of oceanic crust were pushed upwards, rather than downwards. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
They turned me to face downwards and I had my head in a vice, but the surgeon was ever so nice and set me at ease straight away.
Everyone was soon out and with a nod, a very cool nod, the pilot banked the aircraft sideways and downwards away from the wall and roared off up the gorge.
This is stuff that can put us on the front page of The Wall Street Journal and our share price in a downward spiral.
As the commuter plane in the cartoon plunges downward, the fat passenger testily refuses to acknowledge her guilt in misleading the airline about her weight.
Luxury motors and diesels bucked the downward trend. The Sun
The other part attaches on your breastbone and upper six ribs and is used in downward and forward arm movements.
If the projectile is fired parallel to the ground, this effect causes the typical downward curved trajectory.
A month into the corralito, the government unpegged the Argentine peso from the dollar, sending the peso into a downward spiral.
The only debate can be about precisely when that downward slide began.
Hold your hands, palms downwards, over the cloth and send your witch-power into the herbs.
Downward movement is much faster than upward one.
Which will put more downward pressure on the dollar.
They are changes that must happen when oil supplies start their inevitable downward slide.
The output reductions would be made with a view to halting the downward spiral of DRAM prices, itself caused by supply vastly outweighing demand.
This muscle runs obliquely downwards inside the abdominal cavity.
It was a gradual process that progressed through a downward spiral of self destruction.
One stock trading rule - regardless of your approach - is to use stop-loss orders as protection from downward price movements.
They seem to envisage an irreversible downward spiral leading to the depopulation of Australia.
The ladder portion of my stand twisted and the seat pivoted downward to the left.
They should face upwards and forwards and downwards and forwards for the upper and lower inside gums. Bad Breath
The downward-curving bill of the bird, the small head, and the swollen knees are all accurate depictions of a wader.
It operates effectively at a much more basic level - that of characteristic intervals and gestures, particularly the downward major sixth and (its isomer) the upward minor third.
This fuels a vicious downward spiral of self-hatred and hatred of anomalous others from which it is difficult for the political discriminator to escape.
And when once on the downward slope, chronic innutrition is an important factor in sapping vitality and hastening the descent. THOSE ON THE EDGE
So those economic dynamics contribute to a continuing downward spiral.
A number of countries and regions risk becoming caught in a downward spiral of conflict, insecurity and poverty.
Crime figures may be on a downward path, but the Bay's crims certainly haven't gone into retirement.
Then smudge downwards towards the lashes, using a cotton bud or a small brush.
Raymond leaped forward with a downward chop from his long sword.
It starts with the discovery of a man buried alive and spirals downward from there.
In his autobiography, King mentioned that when he "chivved" someone (interesting that the slang hasn't changed), he was always careful to draw the blade downwards across the face, never upwards or sideways, so as not to slash a major artery. A Night With Annie Nightingale; Mary Anne's Send Off Show; Bandits of the Blitz; Jamie Cullum
He then swung again in a downward, diagonal strike to the left, nicking the man in the left shoulder.
The garden sloped gently downwards to the river.
Although the profits are still smaller than the accumulated losses, at least the downward curve has been reversed.
He said construction inflation was on a downward trend and prices for tenders were coming down steadily.
With the under-arm grip, a spearman can thrust with his spear downwards at the feet of his foe, or upward at his face. The Spear « Isegoria
A rise in interest rates would reverse the downward trend in inflation.

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