Sentence examples for and a letdown from inspiring English sources

It was both a reprieve and a letdown, like a longtime nemesis dropping dead before a duel.

Petronella Tshuma, the actor who plays the schoolgirl, said: "It is disappointing and upsetting and a letdown.

That has been the essence of this arduous Red Sox season: a thrill and a letdown, all at the same time.

The mode of salvation they arrive at is both a surprise and a letdown, rather like the punchline of a shaggy dog story.

Carr said he appreciated the effort of the receivers and his blockers after Manning left and a letdown might have occurred.

One of the final savory courses, slices of short rib that are cooked sous vide for 48 hours before being deep-fried, was a miracle of tender-crisp contrast one night and a letdown of leathery-crisp redundancy on another.

We can't be satisfied here and have a letdown series in Atlanta.

But all he could think about was trying to win the tournament and avoiding a letdown after his big round.

Michigan (6-2, 3-1) led by 35-0 at halftime and avoided a letdown after rallying from a 21-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat Minnesota last week.

"But we feel like we matured so much this season that it's very difficult for us to imagine coming in for a Game 5 situation and having a letdown like we had last year".

The books also marked my first encounter with the mock-heroic form: Cresswell's elevation of bourgeois domestic drama to the level of Shakespearean tragedy via her use of magniloquence, inflated analogy and classical reference is so adroit that when I read The Rape of the Lock for A-level, it was both instantly familiar and, frankly, a letdown.