downcast
adjective
down·cast
ˈdau̇n-ˌkast 
Examples of downcast in a Sentence
There were a lot of downcast faces in the crowd.
her downcast gaze made us realize that she was shy
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Ennui, in particular, looks like a disaffected teenager, with her drooping stance, her perpetually downcast eyes and her constant frown.
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Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
Its consumers are downcast, with youth unemployment rampant.
—Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
Their faces were downcast or covered by their hands.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
With his offhanded singsong delivery, spare instrumentation and arsenal of songs that manage to be simultaneously downcast and extravagant, Drake has wielded an outsized influence on the sound of mainstream hip-hop and even R&B the past decade.
—Brian McCollum, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
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Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
Its consumers are downcast, with youth unemployment rampant.
—Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
Their faces were downcast or covered by their hands.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
With his offhanded singsong delivery, spare instrumentation and arsenal of songs that manage to be simultaneously downcast and extravagant, Drake has wielded an outsized influence on the sound of mainstream hip-hop and even R&B the past decade.
—Brian McCollum, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
See All Example Sentences for downcast
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“Downcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downcast. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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