sheet down
(intr, adverb) (of rain) to fall heavily in sheets
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How to use sheet down in a sentence
Father Huber pulled the white sheet down so he could anoint the forehead of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns | Jimmy Breslin | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe person who sleeps in the bed naturally pushes the under sheet down, and pulls the upper sheet up.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale GilmanPut each piece on separately, turning the upper sheet down over the others.
Foods and Household Management | Helen KinneDavid Ramsay approached the body, and, turning the sheet down from the face, stood gazing on the features of his son.
Horse-Shoe Robinson | John Pendleton KennedyShe took the sheet down from the music-rest and looked at the picture of the lithographed title.
A Pair of Patient Lovers | William Dean Howells
I'd pay that any time to get ahead of the Screamer, and I rather think I salted that enterprising sheet down this time, don't you?
A Thoughtless Yes | Helen H. Gardener
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