brought down; bringing down; brings down
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Examples of bringdown in a Sentence
Noun
meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Many heroes brought down ruthless yakuza crime lord Shinzo Tozawa (Ayumi Tanida) in the season two finale of Tokyo Vice.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
The snow will be heavy and wet, the kind that brings down tree branches, and with them, power lines.
—Tovia Smith, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
Projects meant to scale the industry up and bring down costs have faced trials.
—John Ainger, Fortune Europe, 2 Apr. 2024
With a market capitalization of ¥11.3 trillion ($75 billion), Recruit is bigger than Nintendo Co., or Honda Motor Co.
Back in the late 80s, Recruit was at the center of a shares-for-favors scandal that brought down a prime minister.
—Reed Stevenson, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
To minimize the potential of ships bringing down bridges, bridges need to be built with what are known as redundancies— protections around bridges’ danger points.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
The increase in immigration estimated by CBO helps to explain this unusual economic recovery and means the labor market may not need to slow much to bring down inflation.
—Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Even bringing down an unpopular regime is unlikely to make the United States many friends.
—Jon B. Alterman, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2024
Verb
Other diplomatic efforts were also underway to bring down the temperature.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Many heroes brought down ruthless yakuza crime lord Shinzo Tozawa (Ayumi Tanida) in the season two finale of Tokyo Vice.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
The snow will be heavy and wet, the kind that brings down tree branches, and with them, power lines.
—Tovia Smith, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
Projects meant to scale the industry up and bring down costs have faced trials.
—John Ainger, Fortune Europe, 2 Apr. 2024
With a market capitalization of ¥11.3 trillion ($75 billion), Recruit is bigger than Nintendo Co., or Honda Motor Co.
Back in the late 80s, Recruit was at the center of a shares-for-favors scandal that brought down a prime minister.
—Reed Stevenson, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
To minimize the potential of ships bringing down bridges, bridges need to be built with what are known as redundancies— protections around bridges’ danger points.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
The increase in immigration estimated by CBO helps to explain this unusual economic recovery and means the labor market may not need to slow much to bring down inflation.
—Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Even bringing down an unpopular regime is unlikely to make the United States many friends.
—Jon B. Alterman, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Bringdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bringdown. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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