How to Use cast down in a Sentence
cast down
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It’s made from all the judgment that was cast down on us.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2021
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And then, all of a sudden, all of the threads rip loose, and the net gets cast down to nothing.
—Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 23 June 2023
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So, the question is, is the cast down to revisit their Gossip Girl days?
—Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 27 July 2016
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This iteration of Rugrats takes the cast down to its pre-movies size.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 May 2021
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Their gazes are steely, determined, grim, sometimes cast down.
—The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2022
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The roof is bordered by flames sheathed in transparent glass and has a fire pit near a small lounge area, plus a triangular skylight casting down onto the ground floor.
—Benjy Egel, sacbee, 14 June 2018
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Posner axes an act and boils the cast down to seven, a choice commented on by actors in one of many chatty digressions with the audience.
—Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2019
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To sum it up, Zendaya looks like an angel cast down from heaven — perfect in a way that truly wasn't thought possible until this very moment.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 20 Sep. 2020
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Start by tying on a buoyant imitation, like a Wulff or a Stimulator, and making a fairly short cast down and across.
—Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 26 June 2020
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Black grandparents who were part of the Great Migration brought their experience of Jim Crow with them, cautioning their grandkids to keep their eyes cast down.
—Kate Stone Lombardi, Good Housekeeping, 9 June 2021
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These were not mysterious events that were cast down upon us by a vengeful or indifferent god.
—Alex Shephard, New Republic, 2 Oct. 2017
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Hospital staff near the gurney could be seen casting down their eyesand quietly backing away to provide a modicum of privacy.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
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Her face looked drawn, her eyes cast down, and her two-year-old granddaughter, Josephine, clung tightly to her side.
—Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 13 June 2026
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The fruit-forward drinks seem cast down from the berry-rich fields of Oregon, and for a breakfast snack there’s biscuits and gravy.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
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Even strong series face all sorts of obstacles with budgets and cast down the road.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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