Sentence examples for downbeat matters from inspiring English sources

Such downbeat matters seemed incongruous on this otherwise upbeat afternoon for the Bartoli camp.

Despite the sometimes downbeat subject matter, the atmosphere on set was high-spirited and full of expectation - this was, after all, the largest film ever made in Sweden.

New Amerykah Part One is an esoteric concept album with sociopolitical themes and mostly downbeat subject matter.

The genius of the film is that it is so downbeat and matter-of-fact about its gloriously silly concept.

In using an outsider figure as a way in to downbeat (or unsexy) subject matter, they illuminate their own idiosyncrasies and surprisingly little else.

The discussion about the state of the English game has been rumbling on since the former England striker Gary Lineker published a downbeat tweet on the matter following Wednesday's 1-1 dragainstnsthehe Republic of Ireland at Wembley.

The novel deserves acclaim, but it is a surprising hit, perhaps, given its subject matter and the downbeat nature of the heroine.

As a business, jazz has depended on the support of casual listeners, those who like the idea of jazz and perhaps care about it as environment as much as music — maybe the kind who brought their collapsible chairs to sit in front of the main stage all day and will not move, no matter which young DownBeat poll-winner is holding it down on one of the other stages.

Downbeat drama Seven Pounds kicked off with £1.57m – given the subject matter, that number was a testament to Smith's mighty star power at the time.

A matter-of-fact psychic expert, played with downbeat conviction by Mark Fredrichs, like a doctor making a housecall, calms their nerves for a while.

News that the World Bank had cut its global growth forecasts helped set the downbeat tone, while the new unrest in Iraq did not help matters.