How to Use downer in a Sentence

downer

noun

• I took some downers to help me sleep.
• Our conversation about death was a bit of a downer.
• Of course, the downer is that the schedule gets much tougher down the stretch.
  — J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• The last week or two before the game were a downer for me at the plate.
  — Steve Millar, Daily Southtown, 14 July 2018
• The line comes from the sixth scene of act two of William’s iconic downer.
  — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 18 Apr. 2018
• Was this one too much of a downer to make the cut for Fearless?
  — TIME, 25 Oct. 2023
• That's why the last three seasons have been such a downer.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 11 Oct. 2022
• Okay, not to be a downer… But what about falling out of love?
  — Women's Health, 4 May 2023
• After that, the game could have been a downer, but Ransom raised the roof on the creaky old gym.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2022
• That could be a big downer for Packers fans, who can be a thirsty bunch.
  — John Meyer, The Denver Post, 3 July 2019
• Europe and Asia are closing out the week on a downer note.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2021
• However that’s not to say that None of This Rocks is a downer.
  — Jonah Bayer, SPIN, 12 Sep. 2022
• Losing this game would've been a downer for the Pacers.
  — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2018
• This can make my time in the outdoors a bit of a bummer or even a real downer.
  — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2021
• The lack of a pack-in wireless charger is a real downer.
  — Patrick Lucas Austin, Time, 6 July 2021
• But the last panel of issue #3 is a quiet downer that will stick with you -- in a good way.
  — Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 15 May 2018
• The only downer for the Utes will be the absence of freshman Kara Eaker.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Jan. 2022
• There also is no Mr. Rogers death scene (now, that would be a downer of an ending).
  — Randy Cordova, azcentral, 18 Nov. 2019
• Its story, like those of most animals on the list, was a downer.
  — Darryl Fears, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2018
• Maybe not on Christmas Eve per se, or your first visit home in a while—that could be a downer.
  — Margareta Magnusson, Time, 19 Dec. 2022
• April was a downer; May brought optimism; June was a slow start.
  — Dallas News, 11 June 2022
• That’s not to say In Search of Tomorrow is a total downer.
  — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
• For decades, grill masters — and chow-downers of their work — have sworn that steaks taste better bone-in than bone-out.
  — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 10 July 2019
• Samuel ended his first half on a downer, fumbling with 10 seconds left in the red zone.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2019
• Shifting trends on Wall Street have also been a downer on oil prices.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 30 June 2023
• The only downer, alas, was the Mets’ tacky new advertising patch, which is not quite the size of the scoreboard, but close.
  — Tyler Kepner Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
• The Dark Knight would rub our noses in our post-9/11 moral failures, complete with a downer ending.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 May 2021
• Sorry to sound like a downer, but this is just the reality of life.
  — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 5 Sep. 2021
• The show dealt with some very serious issues but wasn’t a downer.
  — ELLE, 8 Dec. 2022
• But because Lin’s play, running through June 25, is a satire, the curtain does not come down on that downer.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 30 May 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024