Sentence examples for be down by from inspiring English sources

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be down by

verb

To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

  • He downed an ale and ordered another.

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"He'll be down by the river," she said softly.

They are expected to be down by half in dairy".

Nickell regained 3 imps to be down by 13 with one board to play.

Uttar Pradesh (UP), home to 185m, expects its main rice harvest to be down by 60%.

Profits are forecast to be down by 37%, according to Bloomberg.

Nutmeg exports, the agricultural mainstay, will be down by 90% in 2005.

Wall Street bankers' bonuses are likely to be down by as much as 70% this year.

"We can't be down by 9 against a really good basketball team".

The company said capital spending would be down by more than half in 2008.

A. First, earnings in 2001 will be down by a record amount.

Overall we still expect headline house prices to be down by 2% over 2011".

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