Sentence examples for downward of from inspiring English sources

An adjustment downward of this measure would place an enormous and unjustified burden on the elderly.

The critical theme of the new design is the shifting downward of air handling areas.

The writer credits the Gap phenomenon--the trending downward of taste--for Graves's decision to design merchandise for Target.

The second cut, made yesterday at a presentation at the University Club in Midtown Manhattan, represents one of the largest revisions downward of his forecasting career.

The epitrachēlion, which is worn around the neck and corresponds to the Roman stole, represents the flowing downward of the Holy Spirit (see religious dress).

Partly, the defining downward of competence reflects the fact that a state politician wishing to remain in office might prefer a test that graduates a lot of students, rather than one that genuinely assesses how well schools are doing.

Indeed, the beheading was positively subdued, effected with a couple of downward runs of the accompaniment.

"I warn people not to let themselves be drawn into a kind of downward spiral of negative perception.

Some of us have despaired of the downward spiral of the public debate on immigration in both political parties.

"I have long-despaired of the downward spiral of Labour's rhetoric on immigration.

The notion of a downward spiral of ideas and events is not unprecedented.