How To Use put-down In A Sentence
- The Dragons are ready to rip their dreams apart with a scathing put-down or withering look. The Sun
- Put-down humor, such as telling friends an embarrassing story about another friend, is a socially acceptable way to deploy aggression and make others look bad so you look good.
- There is a 'slagging' culture amongst my group of friends (if you ain't getting slagged you ain't nobody) and I reckon Sherlock would fit in pretty well with some of his put-downs of the trusty Watson. Word Magazine - Comments
- He was never at a loss for the wounding remark, the inappropriately coarse joke, the cold put-down.
- He has gained thousands of loyal fans with his witty quips and snide put-downs. The Sun
- And since it contains its share of articulate losers, it is also about mockery, the put-down, the loser's shrug("whaddya gonna do").
- I had not been able to stand his put-downs and holier-than-thou attitude.
- One of the big put-downs of the American presidential election campaign was the comment that he was 'no Jack Kennedy'.
- As a child these were the teachers who cast large shadows over my progress, or lack of it, and whose constant put-downs and disparagements made school life more miserable than it should have been.
- It's the standard operating put-down with which irate mothers pack off malingering boys - who cite unconnected causes while feigning outlandish illnesses - to school.