downer
downers
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pluralof downer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But downers don’t cut it when you’re making today’s attention span-driven family fare.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Here are a few more ways to fight this month’s financial downers:
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
There were two downers: McKennie and center back Miles Robinson, the team’s best defender this year, will miss the Jamaica match.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2021
“I Don’t Live Here Anymore” is not, however, an album of downers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
If there are few equivalents in television to film’s great downers, that’s because the medium plays by very different rules.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2016
