Examples of climb down in a Sentence
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In fact, some spots around the house can actually kill your live tree before Santa comes climbing down the chimney.
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2025
In a reference to fairy tale The Princess and the Pea, Rosalía climbed down from the bed and revealed a pearly ball (hence the song’s title) from under the mattresses.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2025
The fall occurred as Adcock was climbing down off of the stage and into the crowd at the Winnipeg show.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Both sides have appeared to climb down from that latest escalation following eleventh-hour trade talks between top negotiators this weekend in Malaysia.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
His thesis is that if the GOP sticks together, Senate Democrats would have to climb down and accept House Republicans’ spending bill to get through the next seven weeks.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
He was then seen climbing down, dropping the weapon briefly before picking it up and running toward the northeast end of campus, charging documents state.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The video, released Thursday night, showed a person running across a rooftop of the building from which the fatal round was fired before climbing down and dropping to the ground.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
When Ferebee climbed down, a brigadier general cornered him.
—David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2025
In a reference to fairy tale The Princess and the Pea, Rosalía climbed down from the bed and revealed a pearly ball (hence the song’s title) from under the mattresses.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2025
The fall occurred as Adcock was climbing down off of the stage and into the crowd at the Winnipeg show.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Both sides have appeared to climb down from that latest escalation following eleventh-hour trade talks between top negotiators this weekend in Malaysia.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
His thesis is that if the GOP sticks together, Senate Democrats would have to climb down and accept House Republicans’ spending bill to get through the next seven weeks.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
He was then seen climbing down, dropping the weapon briefly before picking it up and running toward the northeast end of campus, charging documents state.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The video, released Thursday night, showed a person running across a rooftop of the building from which the fatal round was fired before climbing down and dropping to the ground.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
When Ferebee climbed down, a brigadier general cornered him.
—David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Climb down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/climb%20down. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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