cast down

Definition of cast downnext
as in sad
feeling unhappiness newly widowed, he was cast down at the thought of being alone once again

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Recent Examples of cast down 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 Even strong series face all sorts of obstacles with budgets and cast down the road. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 The show did a solid job of distilling what was a very long marooning mat chat between host and cast down to a few essential minutes, but there were a few fun moments that did not make the final edit. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025 In a prayer later called the Magnificat, Mary, the mother of Jesus, praises the glory and power of God who casts down the mighty and raises the lowly. Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cast down
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Adjective
  • All our thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this incredibly sad time.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That was very sad that Soft Cell’s Dave Ball died at just 66.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • As society gal Rose DeWitt Bukater, Melissa Barrera has freewheeling fun with Kate Winslett’s unhappy bride-to-be character.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
  • People on my block were unhappy, and block association president was unhappy.
    Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The father, Jagdish, told me that one of his children was vomiting and the other had bloody stools; both were depressed.
    Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • So why are young Americans so depressed about their economic future?
    Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The singer's brother Eric Stefani wrote the first version, and modified it with help from a freshly heartbroken Gwen, who had just broken up with the band's bassist Tony Kanal — one of a few times in music history that the subject of the song also contributed to its production.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Jamel Davis’ longtime live-in girlfriend first asked her son to stop smoking in the family’s home in the Walt Whitman Houses near Fort Greene Park, sparking a fight, according to the slain man’s heartbroken brother.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Oil prices are once again surging in the wake of war in the Middle East, driving up the cost of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel and threatening a return to stagflation — the toxic mix of higher prices and slower growth that made economic life so miserable a half-century ago.
    Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • That miserable scoring drought that Philadelphia Flyers captain Sean Couturier was mired in earlier all of a sudden seems like a distant memory.
    Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • If enough rank-and-file lawmakers stood as one, challenged their party’s leaders and refused to accept this sorry system, the whole shady mess would grind to a halt.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Yeah, sports betting or sorry, gambling isn’t the DSM-5.
    Torie Bosch, STAT, 11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Kawhi Leonard sat out for the Clippers to rest ankle and wrist injuries, while Draymond Green was out for the Warriors with a bad back.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Was Paul’s effect on history, incalculably large, good or bad on the whole?
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The rest of us should ask ourselves why the melancholy Dane is rearing his head again.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Hein’s memories turn out to be underscored not only by longing and melancholy, but an instinct of self-preservation.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 12 Apr. 2026

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“Cast down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cast%20down. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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