Sentence examples for in a downright from inspiring English sources

For a time it seemed that England might have to win not so much the hard way, as in a downright shocking manner.

It is rubbish at nuance, detail or ambivalence but it is perfect for rushing noisily to judgment, sometimes – as women from Connie St Louis to Caroline Criado-Perez have learned – in a downright threatening way.

None was more offensive than Trump's proposal to temporarily halt Muslims from entering the U.S. in a downright silly attempt to curb terrorist attacks.

What was a bad situation in August has turned into a downright scary one now.

It's hard to see how that isn't, in hindsight, a downright lie.

And while many of these obviously have a lot of potential, in practice I'm finding them to be a mixed (or, in some cases, a downright irritating) bag.

It should, in short, be a downright howler.

Her finest achievement as a student of the Bible was her discovery, in Revelations, of a downright denunciation of the motorcycle — my cousin Earl had a Harley-Davidson.

Brand's rant may have been lacking in specifics but it was a downright masterclass in forthright and intuitive persuasive-speaking.

10.34pm GMT It's become a downright love-in on Capitol Hill.

I did, and Molly seemed to calm down, and pretty soon I was thinking that I was indeed the shaman in my life, and a downright decent one at that.