Sentence examples for but downright from inspiring English sources

They are not merely spunky, but downright obsessive.

It seemed not just over-cautious, but downright conceited.

"They said that some of our officials were not only bad, but downright dangerous," he says.

The effect can be surprisingly subtle (but downright clownish if overdone).

It suggested that the universe was not just unfair, but downright mean.

She added that often, such women are seen as "not just unlikable, but downright awful".

All that "irrational exuberance," they say, was not just irrational but downright stupid.

There was a time, though, when he wasn't harmless at all, but downright dangerous.

In the last few years, synthetic fleece has been not just utilitarian, but downright fashionable.

Hardly surprising for a teenager, but downright subversive for a Disney princess.

What they're showing is not merely a lack of respect for the school, but downright contempt.