How to Use comedown in a Sentence

comedown

1 of 2 noun
  • For a man who was once a very popular actor, working in a nightclub is quite a comedown.
  • There’s an irreconcilable gap between the singer during performance and her at home being chased by an angry husband or lovingly tending to her children or drinking the ache of comedown from her tour away.
    Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In the end there was nothing but the comedown from an evening of Rih.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2018
  • But on the other end of it all, there is always the comedown.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022
  • The rest of you will wonder if reaching those heights is worth the comedown.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • That boost is very, very temporary…and the comedown is even worse.
    Kim Tranell, Seventeen, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Drake’s been out raving, and this comedown sounds rough.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • Neither do our young lovers Kai and Paula escape the post-coital comedown.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2021
  • The comedown of a role like this was much harder than getting into him.
    Sasha Urban, Variety, 25 Apr. 2022
  • This week was a brutal comedown for Warren, who was running atop the polls for much of last year.
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Mar. 2020
  • This is a comedown from last April, when Mars was much closer to Earth and appeared more than four times brighter.
    Joe Rao, Scientific American, 5 July 2014
  • And then the comedown, or, in Neil Young’s coda to Jim Morrison, life after the gold rush.
    James Reich, SPIN, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The effects lasted maybe an hour or so, with no comedown and no hangover.
    Corey Seymour, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2018
  • Those at the top schools also know playing in the WNBA will be a comedown from the conditions they’re used to.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The Cowboys are riding high after destroying the Vikings and might be due for a bit of a comedown.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
  • That has given rise to some worry that Amazon is due for a comedown.
    Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2021
  • That makes a comedown for the U.S. economy seem less likely.
    Justin Lahart, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The tonal comedown from the movie into the pilot is huge, but having the movie first gives a sharp reminder of the strangeness to come throughout the series.
    Corey Atad, Esquire, 28 Apr. 2017
  • For the legendary trainer, this will be a comedown of the most ignominious stripe.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • After all, there’s no better post-Pride comedown than to remind us why Pride was a riot in the first place.
    Vulture, 28 June 2023
  • This is a sad comedown for the man who saved New York City and inspired the nation after September 11.
    Nr Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The surrounding talent in Oakland is even more of a comedown.
    Michael Beller, SI.com, 1 July 2019
  • Despite the humbling comedown, the events of the past few days leave Bloomberg in a position to exert influence over what comes next.
    Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Even in non-Covid circumstances, this was always going to see a comedown.
    Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
  • There are also echoes of 2008, when a painful comedown in the US housing market almost broke the banking system.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The dramatic comedown in job growth was driven by businesses that either closed or lost sales due to the virus.
    Mark Zandi For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Over the past year, the comedown for China’s insurance industry has been rough.
    James T. Areddy, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2018
  • After a 25-year come-up, a champion must contend with a comedown.
    Vulture, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The coffee business looks fine right now, but the eventual comedown may be brutal.
    Aaron Back, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
  • The same comedown could happen to its shareholders at current prices.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2021
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come down

2 of 2 verb
  • But at least one expert says that what goes up must come down.
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Prices for uncooked beef have come down — but might not stay that way.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Five-star hotels will still set you back, but even those rates come down.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The Christmas wreaths may have just come down, but don’t take off the door hooks just yet.
    Kate McGregor, ELLE Decor, 17 Jan. 2023
  • For grocery shoppers such as Sanchez, the answer has been simply to wait and hope prices come down.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2023
  • And Boone has pushed a lot of the right buttons coming down the stretch in 2024.
    Mark Osborne, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The tree has come down, the gifts are put away, and the social calendar finally looks clear after the holiday season.
    Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 4 Jan. 2023
  • So as demand grows and investment in R&D in those systems, yeah, the prices will probably come down.
    Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver, 31 Dec. 2022
  • As festival goers waited to board a ferry returning to the mainland, the gangway came down.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
  • So just being able to give Luka an opportunity to come down the court without having to dribble or run every play, this gives us an opportunity to do different things.
    Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Unlawful migration from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela has come down 97 percent as a consequence of that.
    Abc News, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • And the race for the White House is coming down to the wire.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
  • That might come down to how the Hawkeyes perform on the field.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Much of this comes down to how the S&P 500 is designed.
    Joe Rennison Eli Murray, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The truths and myths that abound about the balls, paddles and shots come down to physics, of course.
    Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
  • A lot comes down to strengths and what NBA teams value.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The series could come down to the Yankees power vs. the Guardians bullpen.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Steffan Tubbs: This will all end, the lights will come down, the cameras leave.
    Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Some may like the taste, but a lot of it may come down to peer pressure and image.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 June 2024
  • And gas prices have been coming down since last year’s highs.
    David Harrison, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Krumwiede, 57, said the tree came down around midnight, just as the storm was smashing through the Carmichael area.
    Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Likely leaped, snatched the ball out of the air, and came down with it as he was hit from behind.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
  • That’s going to make Wells the bank that people buy when rates come down.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 July 2024
  • Houchin said charges came down due to the use of the firearm and the seriousness of the injury.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But even Loomis didn’t come down squarely on the side of calling the deal a mistake.
    Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
  • People from off the boat and spectators were coming down the back end of the dock.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Some have joined the protesters, while others have called for the tents to come down.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
  • Rain and snow are expected to be coming down across much of the West at this time.
    Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The big bull reared up, came down with a thud of hoofs, and thundered into action.
    Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 15 Aug. 2024
  • What goes up must come down, and the initial magic begins to fade.
    Christina Pérez, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2024

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