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Example sentences from the Web for downwardsOn this occasion my head was in a more backward, downwards position and the water was poured on for a longer time. Bottled Waterboarding|Robert Windrem|June 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST This scroll was signed with a stamp of cherubim's wings, not spread, but hanging downwards; and by them a cross. Ideal Commonwealths|Various But the presence of the nail disturbs their parallelism and squeezes them downwards on both sides of the finger. Finger Prints|Francis Galton A tuning-fork of the same note as the pipe is struck and held over it so that the prongs vibrate upwards and downwards. How it Works|Archibald Williams
The next step onward—or downwards, we should say—was to become the leader of a gang of dacoits. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier|T. L. Pennell The meaning of these words seems to be quite plain, though commentators have worried themselves over them from Servius downwards. The Religious Experience of the Roman People|W. Warde Fowler
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adverbfrom a higher to a lower place, level, etc from an earlier time or source to a laterfrom the Tudors downwards Words nearby downwardsdownturn, down under, downvote, downward, downward mobility, downwards, downwash, downwelling, downwind, down with, downy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to downwardsdescending, down |