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Definition of ups and downs in English: ups and downsplural noun 1A succession of both good and bad experiences. Example sentencesExamples - While the ups and considerable downs continue off the pitch, on it York City's stock continues to rise and rise.
- In the days and weeks following his death, I had the typical ups and downs-some days fine, and others a jingle on the radio would make me bawl.
- By her account, success is made of weeks, months, years of few ups and loads of downs - a whole lifetime of preparation.
- He believes it has supported him during the ups and downs of his rugby years, that it has helped put the painful defeats in perspective.
- "Even on medications, I still have ups and downs," he said.
- It has been a super season, we have had our ups and downs, but we have seen some great football.
- I knew there would be ups and downs when we grew up, but I always knew that Liam would be there.
- Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and downs of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
Synonyms vicissitudes, uncertainties, inconstancy, instability, unpredictability, chanciness, fickleness, variability, changeability, fluctuation, vacillation, alteration, changes - 1.1 Rises and falls, especially in the value or success of something.
the ups and downs of the market Example sentencesExamples - There will be occasional ups and downs, but there has been no significant change in that trend.
- The school has been through a period of ups and downs over the past year.
- The ups and downs of natural processes have been exerting their effects on humankind for ages.
- There are always going to be ups and downs in your career and in your life.
- Camelot, the company that runs Britain's national lottery, has had its ups and downs.
- The road starts to twist and turn and there are a few ups and downs too which make for a more interesting, if more arduous, ride.
- Even though there have been many ups and downs in the industry over the years, this is where I want to be.
- The ups and downs of the sport can be extreme, especially if you're in it for the long haul.
- I admit that I have had my fair share of ups and downs over the past three years.
- It's like a marriage - we have our ups and downs but we wouldn't dream of leaving each other.
- She's a trampolinist, so it is no surprise her career has had its ups and downs.
- In the meantime, it seems they too will have to weather the country's economic ups and downs.
- Writing for a living doesn't pay much, and running your own business has its ups and downs.
- By all respects, this was a voyage with ups and downs, but in the end it all worked out.
- It was like the notes in a song, with its ups and downs, a melody that he would never tire of.
- It's full of ups and downs, sure, but we have to stand up and face life when it gets hard.
- Each of the classes has their own ups and downs, but there are only a couple that are fun.
- He describes the next two and a half years as being a time of ups and downs.
- In a long campaign like this, there's lots of ups and downs and different courses of events.
- It has certainly been a fascinating journey, if not without its ups and downs.
Definition of ups and downs in US English: ups and downsplural noun 1A succession of both good and bad experiences. Example sentencesExamples - By her account, success is made of weeks, months, years of few ups and loads of downs - a whole lifetime of preparation.
- It has been a super season, we have had our ups and downs, but we have seen some great football.
- I knew there would be ups and downs when we grew up, but I always knew that Liam would be there.
- "Even on medications, I still have ups and downs," he said.
- While the ups and considerable downs continue off the pitch, on it York City's stock continues to rise and rise.
- He believes it has supported him during the ups and downs of his rugby years, that it has helped put the painful defeats in perspective.
- In the days and weeks following his death, I had the typical ups and downs-some days fine, and others a jingle on the radio would make me bawl.
- Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and downs of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
Synonyms vicissitudes, uncertainties, inconstancy, instability, unpredictability, chanciness, fickleness, variability, changeability, fluctuation, vacillation, alteration, changes - 1.1 Rises and falls, especially in the value or success of something.
the ups and downs of the market Example sentencesExamples - The school has been through a period of ups and downs over the past year.
- There will be occasional ups and downs, but there has been no significant change in that trend.
- She's a trampolinist, so it is no surprise her career has had its ups and downs.
- Each of the classes has their own ups and downs, but there are only a couple that are fun.
- The ups and downs of the sport can be extreme, especially if you're in it for the long haul.
- I admit that I have had my fair share of ups and downs over the past three years.
- It was like the notes in a song, with its ups and downs, a melody that he would never tire of.
- In a long campaign like this, there's lots of ups and downs and different courses of events.
- The road starts to twist and turn and there are a few ups and downs too which make for a more interesting, if more arduous, ride.
- Camelot, the company that runs Britain's national lottery, has had its ups and downs.
- The ups and downs of natural processes have been exerting their effects on humankind for ages.
- In the meantime, it seems they too will have to weather the country's economic ups and downs.
- It's like a marriage - we have our ups and downs but we wouldn't dream of leaving each other.
- He describes the next two and a half years as being a time of ups and downs.
- Writing for a living doesn't pay much, and running your own business has its ups and downs.
- There are always going to be ups and downs in your career and in your life.
- It's full of ups and downs, sure, but we have to stand up and face life when it gets hard.
- By all respects, this was a voyage with ups and downs, but in the end it all worked out.
- Even though there have been many ups and downs in the industry over the years, this is where I want to be.
- It has certainly been a fascinating journey, if not without its ups and downs.
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