How to Use down for the count in a Sentence

down for the count

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• There were a couple guys who were down for the count and then were back a play or two later.
  — Dargan Southard, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2021
• This doesn't mean that the Campi Flegrei is down for the count by any means.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2015
• At present, New York City tourism is pretty much down for the count.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
• Frustration turns to defeat, and Denali seems down for the count.
  — Paul McCallion, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2021
• Concern grew that the fabulous invalid, as the theater has long been dubbed, might be down for the count.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• Nevin not down for the count Mateo is on the roster, but there are still one or two infield spots left to claim.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024
• One of their members, Giselle, has been down for the count for health reasons this week and didn’t perform with them.
  — Samuel Maude, ELLE, 13 June 2023
• Sydney Sweeney’s latest movie was down for the count in its opening weekend at the box office.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
• Suffice to say that despite the downturn, NFTs aren’t down for the count.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 17 June 2023
• This is the third time Ogle has been seemingly down for the count, only to rise from the mat for another round.
  — Dallas News, 7 June 2020
• The strongest evidence that the economy isn’t down for the count is the labor market.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
• By then, Spirit could be down for the count and the airline industry will have contracted.
  — Stephen Moore, National Review, 23 Jan. 2024
• But scientists say the coronavirus not only isn't down for the count, but is likely to linger far into the future.
  — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2022
• But now, an alarming number of American theater and opera companies are on the ropes, if not down for the count.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
• Severino was already down for the count thanks to his pre-pandemic Tommy John surgery.
  — Bradford William Davis, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2020
• The Wisconsin men’s hockey team refused to go down for the count Saturday.
  — Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2024
• But Phil and wife Vivian (Cassandra Freeman) aren't down for the count quite yet.
  — Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 26 July 2024
• Josh Hader in the eighth was the gut punch that sent the Milwaukee Brewers and their promising season down for the count.
  — Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2021
• Korman agreed earlier this week that the lack of momentum on the legislation did not mean the bill was down for the count, with crossover day on Monday.
  — Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2025
• Spider-Man rescues and moves the pets while avoiding Butane's wanton destruction, before putting him down for the count with the help of a giant fish tank.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
• But Akita isn’t down for the count and emerges to deliver a galvanizing interview when a TV reporter comes knocking.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
• Simultaneously punched out, yet refusing to stay down for the count, a gruff Smith does his actorly best to understand, then diss, his public’s view of the slap heard round the world.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
• North Crowley finds a way At every point North Crowley seems down for the count, the Panthers have showcased the heart of a champion.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
• Despite recent technical difficulties and diminishing energy reserves, Voyager 1 and 2 aren’t down for the count just yet.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2025
• While soccer’s audience has skyrocketed, linear TV generally crashed, leaving sports TV networks on the ropes, down for the count, and getting knocked out.
  — Aden Ikram, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
• The Globes have risen from the dead before — the whole franchise was down for the count before Ricky Gervais singlehandedly rescued it in 2010 by rebranding it as a savage bitchfest.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025