How To Use Put down In A Sentence

The horse broke a leg in the fall and had to be put down.
The cleaner put down his mop and bucket and sat down.
I was in hospital this morning for a gastroscopy - nothing too worrying, just one of those camera and light thingies they put down your throat to make sure everything's in one piece. Archive 2009-03-01
He came to believe that working people, poor people, put down and stepped upon, had to organize if they were going to clean up the slums, fight the corruption that exploited them, and get a handhold on the first rung of the ladder up and out. Bill Moyers: Saul Alinsky, Who?
For an endoscopy, a thin tube with a tiny camera inside it is put down your throat and into your esophagus so the doctor can look at it.

A perfectly braised shank on buttery mash surrounded by vegetables set the tastebuds going before the plate was even put down on the table.
It was not necessary for the early Christians to sit in judgment on the title of every new emperor, whenever the pretorian guards chose to put down one and put up another; neither are God's people now in various parts of the world called upon to discuss the titles and adjudicate the claims of their rulers. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject
The movement was put down with the use of artillery. The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
When the man found that we were going to stay all night he bestirred himself, dragged some of the things to one side and put down a shake-down of pulu (the silky covering of the fronds of one species of tree-fern), with a sheet over it, and a gay quilt of orange and red cotton. The Hawaiian Archipelago
Tess put down both plates and lifted the covers off. "Mmm," Brian said "Smells good."
And the news business, which once took pride in what it put down for posterity, is all atwitter with tweets and insta-posts by self-appointed experts on a bazillion blogs. Cash for clunker columns
The animal had the character of being, contrary to what his species usually are, exceedingly savage; and he suffered himself to be taken up by me and carried from his foes with a kind of sullenness; but when, being out of the reach of danger, he was put down, he gazed on his deliverer, and then crouched at his feet. The Dog
Exchange Building it was, Isaac Hayne who was captured and put down there in what they called the dungeon, and hanged, I think. Oral History Interview with Mabel Pollitzer, June 16, 1974. Interview G-0047-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
It is pretty clear that they were to some extent under the influence of pique and irritation when they noticed his deviations from the established faith, and applied to him the epithet of "babbler;" but Paul was not the man to be put down either by irony or insult; and at length it was found necessary to allow him a fair opportunity of explaining his principles. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
The charcoal could be put down old mine shafts for storage or mixed into soil to enrich it. Times, Sunday Times
You are not going to see on my watch ... thousands of families being evicted from the place where they've been living and where they have put down roots, he said. Cameron Stands by Plan to Cut Welfare
I didn't put down that I had postgraduate degree.
And nobody on here cares about your stupid put downs and name calling on TP threads just proves you are under 25 and plain immature! Think Progress » Reid to unveil intel oversight legislation at YearlyKos.
This is a book you cannot put down, as each page brings the reader deeper into the fray of battle.
Kishi put down the pencil with which she had been marking up the corner of her assignment book and suddenly took to erasing the marks with much vigor.
What I and my friends put down to evil witchcraft, my enemies are likely to attribute to incompetence or bad management.
After that comment, sure enough her sister conjured up the same lecture about swearing to Blair, Blair was just a bit put down when she couldn't walk away from this incessant jabber of her sister's idea on etiquette.
The other one had been taken out of its wrapper and put down on the mantel shelf. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
Please put down the receiver.
Visitors to the site where a humpback whale beached itself at the weekend were shocked to discover the mammal had already been put down yesterday.
The missing apostrophe from area's you might put down to a typing error; the missing hyphens from well-maintained, 5th-floor, and ready-to-move-into you might ascribe to the pandemic mishandling of those simple punctuation marks; the misrelated clause at the beginning and the dubiously related clause at the end are not so easily shrugged off: they are the faults of pretension rather than ignorance, and the illiteracy of pretentiousness is the vulgarest and most reprehensible. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 2
I put down my half full cup of tea back onto the tray and poured some milk into it, swirling it around.
What makes a page-turner, an irresistible read, a story or book that you can't put down?
So, you've put down your deposit on your speakeasy and you're ready to start pouring the hooch, right?
But only a month later, she was miraculously let out of hospital, a feat which doctors put down to her strength of character and will to recover.
He was a virtual prisoner the moment he put down his suitcase. Christianity Today
Like young Washington, Mr. Bhaer ` couldn't tell a lie ', so he gave the somewhat vague reply that he believed they did some - times, in a tone that made Mr. March put down his clothesbrush, glance at Jo's retiring face, and then sink into his chair, look - ing as if the ` precocious chick' had put an idea into his head that was both sweet and sour. Little Women
The two election defeats were put down to an inability to convince the electorate that they could be trusted with the nation's finances.
During the middle third the fleet could hug the coast and put in to revictual in places like Croton and Tarentum and Brundisium, where the tale would be that they were going to put down trouble in Asia Minor — a tale the troops themselves had been given to believe. The Grass Crown
I really don’t like the Edward “idolism” Bella has nor the negitive put downs she constantly says about herself. Book Review: Twilight | Heretical Ideas Magazine
He works in a scratchy, unpolished drawing style that looks like something put down in haste right after the event.
Hounds that show a disinclination to kill are kicked or whipped as punishment, and may later be put down.
Both the school and nursery have put down disinfectant mats.
Even the other fish were not biting so well, and I had put down my rod for a moment to talk to Belinda and to have a cold beer.
Down below, a mile, perhaps, a rocky point juts out into the river, up above another, so this forms a kind of indentation, an exclusive sort of bay for the dwellers therein, and the whole rather aristocratic settlement is put down on the railway map as Grandon Park. Floyd Grandon's Honor
The winner made one bad blunder six fences from home but that could be put down more to frustration than anything else.
Mrs. Willis rolled her eyes toward Heaven in a mute appeal for help, while Adam laughed, put down a bag, and pushed the door open.
The alarms were put down to unburnt fuel on aircraft take-off.
Easy to pick up but impossible to put down, the fluid gameplay and simple controls ease you gently into the action. Times, Sunday Times
This is appreciably larger than the numbers I put down.
Of course, some plans backfire, which is what happened to a guy who tried to doctor his W2 form but put down the wrong address for a company he said he worked for but didn't. Jerry Zezima: "The Loan Arranger"
Many of the unoccupied seats have been put down to a new anti-corruption law. The Sun
But the totality of their successes can't be put down to running slick campaigns.
Fortunately, she has saved a large deposit to put down on a flat so she only has to borrow ￡45,000.
The uprising was put down with ruthless efficiency.
Out of his doublet he brought a small jam jar, which he put down in the center of the table.
The military were called out to put down the riot.
She was hungrily eyeing her bacon cheeseburger as the plate was being put down before her.
And although after those four hours everything had been handled, carried and put down six times at least, the room was only marginally cleaner.
Both risings were put down later in the summer, the royal forces being augmented by foreign mercenaries gathered for war against the Scots.
I put down the bootee I'd just finished and picked up the yarn to make another. Seeds of Yesterday
Yes, in good sooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is well allied: but it is impossible to extirp it quite, friar, till eating and drinking be put down. Measure for Measure
Blissfully unaware that I had no obligation to sign any agreement, I put down a ten-pound deposit the same afternoon.
Occasional collective efforts by prisoners to improve their lot have mostly been sharply put down.
The injured animal was put down at the scene. The Sun
You would be required to put down a new security deposit with the new lease drawn up in your name only.
Eppstadt ate a couple of mouthfuls of rare tuna, then put down his fork. COLDHEART CANYON
Accordingly, they sometimes put down their thoughts in bits, in short, equivocal, and paradoxical sentences which appear to mean much more than they say (a splendid example of this kind of writing is furnished by Schelling’s treatises on Essays of Schopenhauer
This was the plane for which PDS had found a pilot who could put down `on a goat track in the middle of a sandstorm ". SKORPION'S DEATH
The yeshiva is the main growth engine of the settlement, attracting students who put down roots. Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?)
Besides now, what customs has he put down? Tom Brown's Schooldays
When Confederates attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln responded by immediately quintupling the size of the U.S. Army, calling for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion.
This means we can put down a deposit and buy our own home. The Sun
Jack put down the few remains of the sandwich and looked up at me.
They are then put down using lethal injection, a method of dispatch confirmed as both legally acceptable and humane by the animal protection authorities.
I mean -- that you should put down in writing _all_ outgoings, and in such a way as you, or I, might easily reckon them up: I mean, so as to see what _each_ amounts to -- No man's Memory can be trusted in such matters; and I think that _your_ Memory (jostled about, as you say, with many different calls, [_sic_ no close to parenthesis] needs to have _writing_ to refer to. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"
She delivered the message in a few brief words, then put down the phone.
Bass, for example, requires a tenant to put down a deposit of ￡1,000 before he can even contemplate arbitration.
put down 5 and carry 2
That quite complex and intricate work had to be done so that those matters could be put down in the right order.
He put down his sandwich, stared at me, into me, with talking eyes.
Sometimes the loans were for a few hundred bucks, money to buy an old car to drive to work in or to put down as a security deposit on an apartment.
Anti-Soviet revolts broke out periodically—in particular in 1929–1930, as agriculture was forcibly collectivized—but they were put down by NKVD troops. The Return
The past thing we can unforget,but we should put down.
Troops were called in to crush/put down the revolt.
However, because Arrow trains require a different gauge track, a new line needs to be put down.
Police are looking into the incident, but the dog is not expected to be put down.
She put down her brush and said theatrically, "I feel the fatal premonitive impulses .... Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel
We've put down on our staff development plan for this year that we would like some technology courses.
For the ride home Mr. Russo put down the rear seats of the station wagon and Carmela piled all the blankets and towels to make a soft pallet for us to lie upon.
In contrast, trust is like the precious soil in which a relationship can grow and put down secure roots.
He put down her schoolbooks carefully, in a neat stack.
I put down my noncellular phone and picked up the trash can. Futures Imperfect
I put down the last fascicle of all, and met his friendly eyes. In the Days of the Comet
For an endoscopy, a thin tube with a tiny camera inside it is put down your throat and into your esophagus so the doctor can look at it.
Be aware that a really deep gravel path can be difficult to walk on and wheel things across, so put down well-compacted hardcore or hoggin first, followed by a thinner layer of gravel.
Some of these mistreated pit bulls had to be put down, but some were rehabilitated andfound loving homes where they are happy, content, and NON-VICIOUS. Should we ban pit bulls?
Many of the 35 points conceded can be put down to a fusing of the brainbox rather than defensive lapses. Times, Sunday Times
Green markings which have been put down to delineate a cycle way on the road at Waterhead, Ambleside, have caused a flurry of letters to the Gazette in recent weeks.
We were bundles, lifted up and put down wherever it suited our captors.
There have been marches, protests, and sit-ins that have been put down by the police with force.
Being a "greenhorn" -- i.e., just off the boat -- was a put down back when your professor, PT, was coming up. TPMCafe
It remains to be seen whether the American populace will wake from their torpor, put down the remote, and do something.
He put down the spoon and fled to the byre, his eyes glistening with tears. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
But they soon discovered that the peasant farmers on the edges of the crowd, the fellaheen, had mostly never heard of Mohamed ElBaradei, while many of those who had were afraid to put down their full names in support of his campaign. One Man Versus the Mubaraks
The military junta is determined to put down all political opposition.
You know, yesterday there was some excitement when crews put down what is called a geophone, Tony. CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2007
If you find the perfect pump, but the ball does not have a finish to it, go to a cobbler and get rubber treads put down.
Residents in Ballards Walk and Great Knightleys, Laindon, claimed soft tarmac put down between the bins and the roadway two weeks ago made it difficult for refuse collectors to take away stinking refuse.
A gripping yarn you will be unable to put down. The Sun
These protesters should have been put down like a rabid dog the first night. Times, Sunday Times
Us have got a frame for growin 'things under glass, an' it had bin put down 'pon top this cowslip an' drawed 'en up. Lying Prophets
Jonas is willing to put down his bioweapon, but he wants something in return, and you're about to find out what. Pay attention: '24' is ticking again, and this one's a blast
I idled over the Sancerre while Helen cleared the plates and brought the Red Label out, which she put down with a thump and a sigh. A DARKENING STAIN
Put down that knife before you hurt somebody!
There was a brief exchange of hoots, and the clothed human put down the tray and went out again.
Both risings were put down later in the summer, the royal forces being augmented by foreign mercenaries gathered for war against the Scots.
But his final chapter came when insurmountable health problems meant he had to be put down. Times, Sunday Times
He would go down into the cellar tomorrow and put down some rat poison.
His cursing was imaginative and perfectly timed, and he put down many a student who deserved it.
The farmer had put down some rat poison.
It is true that he spoke of premiers and peers with contempt; that he hesitated to take off his hat in the theatre, to the air of "God save the king;" that he refused to drink the health of Pitt, saying he preferred that of Washington -- a far greater man; that he wrote bitter words against that combination of princes, who desired to put down freedom in France; that he said the titled spurred and the wealthy switched England and Scotland like two hack-horses; and that all the high places of the land, instead of being filled by genius and talent, were occupied, as were the high-places of Israel, with idols of wood or of stone. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
I'd put down a couple of overnighters at Turnberry as part of my ‘Exceptional Needs Allowance’, which included one receipt for a very pleasant bottle of '99 Chateau Beychevelle St Julien, which came in at £50 a pop.
After the rebels launched new attacks on police and army positions, the government declared a state of emergency and ordered the army to put down the rebels last November.
He put down the calendar, walked into the kitchen, and opened the refrigerator, remembering how Emma liked to make sauerbraten. A THIEF OF TIME
My wanderlust had taken me on a circuitous route but, now I was ready to put down some roots and embark on new dreams, it had led me home.
Elizabeth, he soon learnt from the gossip of the household, was as determined to put down the Puritan "prophesyings" as the popish services; for both alike tended to injure the peace she was resolved to maintain. By What Authority?
A sensor in the appliance detects motion or touch, and starts the timer as soon as the appliance is put down.
With this turn around we have put down a marker and this is only the beginning.
Sadly he was put down when liver disease saw him balloon to twice his size.
The engine failed and the plane put down in the sea.
No matter how big the f ire, it was always put down to a ‘discarded cigarette unless the arsonist was arrested. No So Violent Crime « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
This growth he put down to the general improvement in bookshop presentation and the wider availability of books in non-traditional outlets.
Sometimes he would put down something he had already done simply for the pleasure of ticking it off. Times, Sunday Times
For the sake of truth, I must add that the fanatical enormities perpetrated in the name of religion are only to be put down to the adherents of monotheistic creeds, that is, the Jewish faith and its two branches, Christianity and Islamism. Religion
We put down some poisoned bait to kill the rats.
Miss Honey put down her pencil and removed her spectacles and began to polish the lenses with a piece of tissue.
The sideboard is to support the empty glasses of the bridge-players after the Padre has put down one of his celebrated 'no-trumps' hands -- we had to keep the sideboard. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions
The lawn put down on the football ground is very expensive.
In part, the rise was put down to a smattering of buying by other speculators. Times, Sunday Times
We say a good book is one you can't put down, and some books will take you just as long to read as a complete play through a game, but we don't say that a book is "addicting". Brenda on Video Games and the Media
Instead of atoning by a mild, moderate and conciliatory course of conduct, for the injuries attempted, not only against an individual, but the public, in endeavoring to put down and destroy a free press; the project is set on foot of introducing and palming upon the county another press; -- a child of their own; -- a copartner in all their labors, their joys and sorrows. A Review and Exposition, of the Falsehoods and Misrepresentations, of a Pamphlet Addressed to the Republicans of the County of Saratoga, Signed, "A Citizen"
The government put down numerous extensive amendments to the Bill.
Mishka put down a heavy shopping bag.
He had put down his pack and was wondering what he could use for bait when a noise from further downstream alerted him to the fact that he had company.
Madeleine put down her pen and knocked her cigarette ash into a blue Limoges dish like a saucer.
Prinz scooped up the last of his ice cream and put down his spoon.
Our intrepid troopers had put down a 20-inch super rat, described as ‘vicious as a fighting dog and as big as a dachshund.’
Add more and you just get grey noise, like the rush of water in your ears when you hold your head under water or the sound of rubber tyres on the concrete roads they sometimes put down to save money.
Tougher penalties for people-smugglers implement a six point plan to put downward pressure on petrol prices.
People had to licence their dogs and keep them under control on their own property, otherwise the dogs would be impounded and most likely put down.
AI put down 17 of 21 foul shots and 3 of 4 treys to go along with 11 dimes and 5 steals in what was arguably his best game of the season.
The expert put down the bottle gingerly and looked for someplace to wipe his fingers.
George put down the bucket and strode over to her to give her a pat.
She even fed him and kept him healthy for six weeks, but producing milk sapped her of the last of her energy and she had to be put down.
It is no real secret that Putin's spin-doctors put down a lot of work on cultivating the Russian leader's image as a strong man, even though Putin himself always "reacts" with dismay and calls for restraint in too overt idolisation. August 2007
Troops put down a rising in the capital.
He was one of the best-known Anglo-Indians, who had helped put down the Santal tribe rebellion in Bengal and became the premier of Tasmania from 1894 to 1899.
Well," announced he, as he put down the box and pulled his adikey over his head, "I were seein 'Santa Claus th' day an 'givin' he a rare scoldin 'for passin' my maid by these two year -- a _rare_ scoldin '-- an' Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale
‘He put down a marker last week and is expected to play some part in the match at Morpeth,’ said Gair.
Magistrates ordered his dog Samson to be put down immediately.
If you decide to remortgage, put down as large a deposit as seems sensible to reduce the size of your loan.
My proud moment and my feeling of accomplishment doesn't hinge on those things, " he noted. "It hinges on the skiing that I put down.
I put the word nipple on the board, my sister put down wet, and moan, I put down sex and he put his head in his hands and asked if we were TWELVE! Tetchy Things Tuesday – Missing Pieces « The Life and Times of Organic Mama
The relationship between the old Duke and the young woman was put down to the salacity which is frequently found in rich old men. People imagined all manner of things, except the truth.
The bonne turned again to survey me, and seeing my eyes wide open, and, I suppose, deeming their expression perturbed and excited, she put down her knitting. Villette
I put down my sewing and go in and shut it off for him.
He did not apologize, put down the step stool or offer to help put our hand carries in the vestibule.
She put down safely in the corner of the airfield.
She added:'Less work on commercial buildings and infrastructure projects saw overall construction output down. The Sun
She put down the clipboard she was holding and with a slight motion of her head indicated to her assistant to leave the room.
The animal was returned to the water again but following veterinary advice had to be put down.
The burgeoning deficit has put downward pressure on the dollar, which could create inflationary pressure as Americans pay more for imported goods.
It wasn't a superior put down, or depressive lament.
Lon, unspeaking, put down his things and went to get the gun he would be taking.
Claude put down his fork and glared across the table.
Neither has their language any more than a general appellation for those maladies, which is borrowed from the name of the beast, and called Hnea-Yahoo, or the Yahoo's evil, and the cure prescribed is a mixture of their own dung and urine forcibly put down the Yahoo's throat. Gulliver's Travels
Immediately the mutiny had been put down Jack Stilwell had stolen away and rejoined the soldiers forward; and although there was much wonder among the men as to how the affair had been discovered, none suspected him of having betrayed them, and believed that the officers must have been warned by some word incautiously let drop in their hearing. The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain
Visitors to the site where a humpback whale beached itself at the weekend were shocked to discover the mammal had already been put down yesterday.
Once could be put down to the carelessness of the paperboy, but twice in one week - nope.
After one sip he put down the glass; he has not touched a drink for 18 months.
The past thing we can unforget,but we should put down.
Turns out he had SEVERE reflux, which is probably why he stopped screaming as soon as he was pciked up and started again when he was put down … ugh! Hush | Her Bad Mother
His latest book has been severely put down in the newspaper report.
Put down that knife before you hurt somebody!
Juska is momentarily self-conscious as she realises that neighbouring diners have put down their forks in contemplation of her possible murder.
And the "boom, boom" of Springbok Nude Girls, a popular South African band seriously, that's their name moved her aunt to put down the mug and dance. Josh Tetrick: Why Martin Luther King's Son Doesn't Eat Meat
The real difficulty, for it is not to be dissembled that there is a difficulty, is that the independent voters, those who are desirous of voting for unpatronised persons of merit, would be apt to put down the names of a few such persons, and to fill up the remainder of their list with mere party candidates, thus helping to swell the numbers against those by whom they would prefer to be represented. Representative Government
And who is to settle as to what is "an intelligent public opinion," that has the right to put down "bumptiousness"? The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891
Put down your name in capitals.
Note to self: don't hit escape key while in the Blogger window, else it removes all the text that you've painstakingly put down.
The success of the Germans has frequently been put down to their superiority in weaponry like tanks and artillery guns.
I got the yips these days. "He put down his putter and came over to sit beside me. FOLLOW THE SHARKS
What happens if they put down a non-grammar school as their first preference, but also enter their child for the admissions test at our school?
After an important doctor's appointment, he drove up to Camp Pendleton to have the deer put down.
When his eye caught sight of the Holy Ark, he put down his broom and approached it.
Or can these misunderstandings be put down to the language barrier or bad translators? Times, Sunday Times
Then on the Sunday, when he was off duty, we used to take a walk out to the Torry Lighthouse, or down by the auld brig o 'Balgownie, and then hame to an hour's read of the Bible afore I put down the kebbuck and the bannocks. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places
Men will compete for the most supreme anecdote, joke, incident, or put down.
Borrowers taking this deal would have to put down a deposit of at least 5 per cent.
People sit around a tall circular basket with a flat top, where the large, round, thin sourdough bread called injera is laid and the various foods are put down upon it.
I think Cheever used to point to George Plimpton's pad and tell him, "Okay put down two colons, then the word 'blinks', and now two more colons," back when he'd be interviewed for The Paris Review. Nick Mamatas' Journal
She had already put down a deposit on a ship ticket for the two of us.
Fortunately, she has saved a large deposit to put down on a flat so she only has to borrow ￡45,000.
If anyone out in the confines of California Congressional District 32, still thought that someday, they would be refering to Gil Cedillo as "Congressman One Bill Gil", then put down the "doobie" and inhale reality. Archive 2009-05-01

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