Sentence examples for becoming down from inspiring English sources
We're stuck in a cultural sandwich between what America wants up there, which includes drugs, and whatever Mexico is becoming down here.' Prosecutor Moreno talks about training in Sicily with the anti-Mafia pool led by the great (and assassinated) Judge Giovanni Falcone, and about purging police corruption.
Like the old families in Edith Wharton novels, who had dignity and taste but less and less money, the museum was becoming down at the heels by the '90s.
He cited the disturbing trend of pigs that are treated with ractopamine becoming "downed," literally collapsing on their way to the slaughterhouse.
The second subset included 51 genes that are part of the gene categories becoming down-regulated at 7 days from injury in our experiments.
She spent her 20s avoiding becoming bogged down in anything so unwriterly as a career.
Her nomination would have risked becoming bogged down in Senate questions over the Benghazi killings.
Justice Goddard is also expected to issue a series of interim reports to prevent the investigation becoming bogged down.
Like the trend for shorter wine lists, menus are becoming pared down with just a handful of options.
The Devils may be streaking back into contention, but the team's majority owner, Jeff Vanderbeek, is becoming bogged down in a fight over the club's future.
Play went off the boil for a spell with both teams becoming bogged down in midfield before the dramatic late finale.
The celebrities he recruits for this television version get into the spirit nicely, offering sweet, funny vignettes but not becoming bogged down in actor-speak.
