deep down
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The next revolution in physics may not take us faster than light — but it could reveal that time, deep down in the microscopic world and in a bouncing universe, flows both ways.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
But, deep down, he will know that regardless of Champions League qualification, Liverpool are in for a summer of change.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
Maybe it was the underbelly of all of the bravado and power-seeking—some desire to counter all the validation with the humiliation of knowing that, deep down, he’s just a revolting little worm.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
“Beijing knows deep down that this isn’t about China at all,” said Jeremy Chan of the political-risk consulting firm Eurasia Group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Otto knew deep down the word platypus wasn’t exactly right.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.