Sentence examples for so downright from inspiring English sources

It has been a fascinating tour in many respects because it has been so downright peculiar.

Veteran activists are sunk in gloom ("I've never seen conservatives so downright fed up," says Richard Viguerie, a conservative stalwart).

In Directgov, the fight for social justice has never looked so plain and pastel-coloured or been so downright unresponsive.

Still, the story begs for more description, if only to ponder why this noirish tale of loutish people feels so downright thrilling.

With students being so downright sensible these days, it is perhaps a strange time for the NUS to be launching its Alcohol Impact project.

It was an effort so downright Italian — get a goal, then bunker down and get a result — that it must have brought a smile to the face of the team's departed coach, Fabio Capello.

Or because bowling at Rockaway Lanes seems so innocuous, downright wholesome.

Those against the Knee Defender contended that the ability to recline your airline seat was an inalienable right and that blocking someone from doing so was downright insolent.

Like all the 30-odd artists who make up what Roth likes to call the "Daptone family," the Dap-Kings are a varied bunch: black, white, Latino, young, not so young, downright seasoned.

And if putting words in the mouth of a nonfictional character is tricky (in "The Last Station," Parini relied on Tolstoy's actual lines), failing to do so is downright suspect.

"Three sexy Witches who, far from being wild and withered in their attire, look as if they shop at Fortnum and Mason's... "Not so much downright bad as heroically ludicrous... " "Like a blacksmith hammering on an anvil......