Sentence examples for downwards is from inspiring English sources

Unemployment, which had been edging downwards, is back on the rise, officially touching 20%.

Our task, from the president downwards, is to keep the presence of the Christians alive and well".

The big twist is that everyone involved from the nutty headmaster (Martin Donovan) downwards is a born-again Christian zealot.

Full body wax - all hair from the neck downwards is removed with the aid of hot wax which is ripped off when it hardens.

"The whole economy spiraling downwards is not going to be helping them at this point," said Laura A. Richardson, a principal in equity research at Adams Harkness & Hill, a Boston investment firm.

It feeds into a generally guilt-driven view of the Bloomsbury museum and the belief that almost everything within it, from the Elgin marbles downwards, is illegitimately possessed and ought to be "returned".

Jobs and reputations from the health secretary downwards are on the line.

There was already a grim compensation system in place: "The loss of a full right arm from the shoulder downwards was worth sixteen shillings a week.

The driving force pulling growth downwards was the construction sector, which decreased by 4.7% – a larger drop than the market expected.

For the most part, common sense and the occasional glance downwards were all that was required, though in a few residential areas more care was needed.

Meanwhile families from the prime minister's downwards are sending their youngsters to study abroad.So what shape will Vietnam's syncretistic economy take?