How to Use below in a Sentence
- The pencil rolled off the desk and fell to the floor below.
- The pilot looked down at the sea far below.
- They secured the goods on deck and went below.
- We heard the elevator stop at the floor below.
- All personnel, captain and below, were ordered to report for duty.
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Take a look back in time below.
—Elissa Robinson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Check out the full list of stops below.
—Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
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The full list of stops is below.
—Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 2 Feb. 2026
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Please fill out the form below.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
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View his new set of dates below.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026
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The kids below must want to boost you up.
—Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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Check below for ways to see them.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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See pics from both events below.
—Christine Imarenezor, VIBE.com, 14 Apr. 2026
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Check out the list of dates below.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
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Shop those pieces and more below.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
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View his full list of dates below.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026
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Read below for the rest of the scores.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Find out more about the books below.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 May 2026
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Find out more about the books below.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Find out more about the books below.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Find out more about the books below.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Find out more about the books below.
—Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Check out the full list of dates below.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026
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Use the form below to share your home with us.
—Jordan Kellogg, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2025
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Shop these deals and more below!
—Claire Peltier, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
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Check out the full recipes below.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
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Check out these picks and more, below.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
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Check out the clip above and the poster below.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
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Shop more leather flip-flops, below.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 29 May 2026
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Check out the rest of our top picks for fall below.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
- The sun disappeared below the horizon.
- She worked for wage rates below those of other workers.
- We could see only clouds below us.
- Our apartment is below theirs.
- He ranks far below his superior.
- Temperatures were below average all week.
- The diver descended below 25 meters.
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The names of the new cast are below.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
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Cheeks’ memo to staff is below.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
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Her long, brown hair fell below her hips.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
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Try to get your hips at or below your knee height.
—Will Stone, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
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The floor sink below the food prep sink did not drain.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado april 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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The xG step chart below bears this out.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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The five novels below did that for me.
—Angelina Mazza, Vulture, 19 June 2026
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And the oversized top has a split hem that falls below the bum.
—Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
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Snag top picks from the sale below before items sell out.
—Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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At times, the child even went below the surface.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
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An open bag of corn starch was on a shelf below the prep table.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 29, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
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The team is in eighth place — just one point below the playoff line.
—Mike Bianchi, Pro Soccer USA, 9 June 2019
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Behind the tire, there are what look like rock rails below the door.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 6 July 2020
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Please share your thoughts in the comments below!
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
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Recreate her look with these beige tall boots that skim just below the knee.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Sound off in the comments below!
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2025
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Most months, the moon passes above or below the sun from our point of view.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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Full dates and openers are below.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
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In the heat of summer, large bluegills love to hang in the cool shade below docks.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
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See some first-look photos below.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 May 2026
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Make the cut at an angle below a leaf node, where the leaves grow from the stem.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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Plus, marigolds will keep away rodents that might dig up your below-ground onions.
—Heather Bien, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
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This can take the form of a tax break, a cash grant or loans at below-market rates.
—Julia Horowitz, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
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Pick up a few of the below and get your yearn on this winter.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
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If rates rise, you may be stuck with the below-market rate.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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Pick a card from the five below and have any friends pick from the others.
—Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2018
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Feel free to use the below for any and all auditions.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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Ooohs and ahhhs were overheard when the below looks made their way down the runway.
—Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 24 Apr. 2015
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The city is in its ninth month of below-average rainfall.
—Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
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Some of the state's most remote sites require a paddle or boat ride, but all of these below can be hiked to.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2018
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Insiders, log-in below to enter to win an admit-two pass to the movie.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2018
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The age-old complaint about the show having too many singers came up again and prompted tweets like the one below.
—Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2019
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Both the below and the final scorecard on the next page will be updated as sales come in.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
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Up there, the faint noises of traffic below were not too loud, but not too quiet either.
—Matt Jancer, Wired, 27 May 2020
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The two-minute clip below is enough to prove that the singer/actress is as talented as ever.
—Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 6 Apr. 2020
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Cop one of the below, wear it with everything, rack up the compliments.
—Yang-Yi Goh, GQ, 24 Apr. 2018
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Watch an exclusive clip from the special below.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
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Watch an exclusive clip from the special below.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
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Tons of tweets, like the one below, continue to flow about Goodman's weight.
—Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 17 Oct. 2018
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That is well over 200 hours and the longest below-freezing stretch in the city in eight years.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
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Check out Luna's music video below and be on the lookout for more of her in the future.
—Ilana Kaplan, Teen Vogue, 11 Oct. 2018
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Unlike the below-ground oath of office, this would not be a symbolic gesture.
—Jay Walder, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
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Read the full contest rules belows, then get over to Instagram and enter!
—Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Enter to win by logging-in below and completing the entry form!
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2018
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Enter to win by logging-in below and completing the entry form.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2018
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Check out Curry and Thompson’s ball denial on the below clip.
—Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2017
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Make up for the missing wine quantity with water or stock, or go rogue and blend a couple wines—more on this below.
—Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026
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Take the below quiz to properly determine, once and for all, exactly what your skin type is.
—Lyndsay Green, Teen Vogue, 14 Mar. 2019
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The standoff ended when Dunn did a backflip off the sign down to an inflatable below.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 28 June 2018
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Thanks for tuning in and please feel free to read every word of the below from start to finish to relive all the excitement.
—Anne T. Donahue, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2018
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Here are their messages of support for the movement and their dispatches from the March below.
—Hilary Hughes, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2018
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Jalen Carter is finding his stride (more on this below) to be the centerpiece of the defensive line.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
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Even in a year with below-average snowpack, they were surprised by how many quality runs still worked and how good the snow was.
—Brent Rose, Outside, 28 Feb. 2026
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Get your sweat on with the below home saunas.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 19 Nov. 2025
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Many of the below ideas can be scaled down to fit your size crowd.
—Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2021
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Go ahead and look at that zoom-in on the hairline in the below post.
—Danielle Gray, Allure, 9 Jan. 2018
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And there’s no better place to start than at one of the below brands.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
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See the below pictures for even more reason not to miss your legs.
—Melissa Minton, Allure, 18 May 2018
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If any stains remain, use one of the below methods.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
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The features of each card in the below chart are colored in green, red or white.
—Darren Murph, CNN Underscored, 27 Oct. 2020
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The features of each card in the below chart are colored in green, red or white.
—Darren Murph, CNN Underscored, 20 Jan. 2021
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But even among that group of high-flying tech stocks, there are clear stand-outs, as the below chart shows.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2020
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The below recipe is just one example of what the overall dish can be.
—Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
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And just maybe this is a good time to make up for your past mistakes and buy them two things on the below list.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
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No child should be talked about in the below manner-in real life or online.
—Andrea Park, Allure, 26 Mar. 2018
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No child should be talked about in the below manner-in real life or online.
—Bloomberg.com, 22 Aug. 2017
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Get your check, but also make time for the below TV shows and movies.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 12 May 2019
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Check out some of the below options for a book paired with a song to get you all up in your feelings even more.
—Nissa Renzo, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
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The viaduct will be replaced by a below-grade trench that’s being dug next to the freeway.
—Jon Murray, The Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2019
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Bundling two or more lines on the same account may help reduce monthly costs on some of the below plans.
—PCMAG, 28 June 2022
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Pick two to three activities that call out to you from the below action set.
—Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
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The below post is from prior to the interview, but touches on the same points.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 11 May 2017
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With a below waist length, the pullover sweater is modest and roomy enough to layer over a collared shirt or tank.
—Andie Kanaras, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2023
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The survivors have said the fire was too intense to rescue anyone below deck.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2019
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In the below photo, the snow is colored blue to distinguish it from clouds.
—Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2017
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These can be mapped to give the archaeologists clues about what may be below ground and where to dig.
—Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 11 Oct. 2017
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Not only do the below finds have my stamp of approval, but they’re also adored by shoppers.
—Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
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Do so without ever paying full price for the below beauty gems.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
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This occurs when borrowers pay a one-time fee to a lender to lock in a below-average rate.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
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Please continue to call the below numbers.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2026
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But fear not, because the below selections — handpicked by our team!
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
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Try one of the below polishes for a summer pedi on a par with Kendall’s.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2022
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Catch a glimpse of what to expect when the show drops on December 6 with the below sketch.
—Paula Rogo, Essence, 10 Nov. 2019
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