adown
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of adown
First recorded before 1000; Middle English adoun, Old English of dūne “off the hill.” See a- 2, down 1
Example Sentences
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Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain—50 Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge!
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Will he train rivulets adown the mountains into stone fountains by dusty roadsides?
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Where ’twas shrined in my heart I thy image discrown, And from out thy high heaven I hurl thee adown!
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Fifth Chorus of Wanderers We wander adown the road of suffering, Through our trials we are purified, Everlastingly vanquished, and everlastingly overthrown, For ever enslaved, for ever enfranchised, Unceasingly broken and unceasingly renewed, The mock and the sport of all nations on earth.
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Adown the dry white road that ran to Pylos through the plain, a dust cloud was advancing; shields of bronze and weapons gleaming through it, here and there, with glimpses of purple robes.
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