Sentence examples for were downed from inspiring English sources
verb
To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- He downed an ale and ordered another.
More threatening problems were downed wires and precariously hanging branches.
Tools were downed in Toulouse and Angers on June 10th.
Seven American soldiers were killed and two helicopters were downed in that battle.
"Boats crashed into each other and trees were downed and even the zoo was decimated".
12.37pm BST The spokesman said the two were downed near Savur Mogila in eastern Ukraine.
Trees were downed and power was out as long as two weeks.
Two Black Hawk helicopters were downed, and dead soldiers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, the captal.
Or that a quarter of a million gallons were downed at the coronation of Edward II in 1307.
Kiev said the jets were downed by a missile launched from Russian territory, and that the pilots had parachuted out.
Trees were downed and it had cooled off considerably and I thanked the meet-up gods for ensuring that I wouldn't sweat through my clothes.
