cast down
Britishverb
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Throw down, hurl to the ground, as in She cast down her coat on the grass . [Late 1400s]
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Bend down, lower, as in He cast down his eyes . [Late 1300s]
Example Sentences
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The cunning, determined, rhetorically skillful Odysseus, long absent from his kingdom after a devastating war, becomes the devilishly clever Satan, cast down from his original home after the angelic civil war in heaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
If these questions give off a strong smell of the seminar room, do not be cast down: There is plenty of fun, and truly adorable stuff, to be consumed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
"I see," Songmi says, her eyes cast down.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023
His face glows for much of the episode "The Pine Barrens," cast down into a screen.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022
There was a guard of orcs crouching in the shadows behind the great door-posts towering on either side, but the gates were shattered and cast down.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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