Antonym: upward. Similar words: downwards, onward, inward, onwards, inwards, inwardly, backwards and forwards, down with. Meaning: ['daʊnwəd] adj. 1. on or toward a surface regarded as a base 2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place. adv. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position.
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121. The slight improvements in the eighteenth century are important because they mark the beginning of the downward trend.
122. Downbeat nystagmus is a term used to describe nystagmus with fast-phase beating downward when the eyes are looking forward or down.
123. Super slow-motion replays appeared to show O'Driscoll did not apply downward pressure on the ball.
124. This is simply the result of a downward sloping liquidity preference curve.
125. It has also resulted in downward mobility for a significant proportion of the working class.
126. After an unfortunate and ill-timed brush with the law, it was almost impossible for Marinello to arrest his downward spiral.
127. Smoothing aims to remove any upward or downward movement in the series that is not part of a sustained trend.
128. Perhaps the most shocking news was that children got hit the hardest in this downward spiral.
129. In 1993-94, the downward path will resume, with a further fall of 6.5 percent.
130. Consequently, the fall in demand for building materials and construction workers will generate downward multiplier effects on other types of investment.
131. But looking downward the wage premium that high school graduates used to enjoy relative to high school dropouts actually shrank.
132. He managed to pull himself free with a sudden downward movement of his hands.
133. The leader acts with greater sensitivity to soften the impact of downward power.
134. There were 263,515 marriages in 1999, continuing a downward trend since the peak of 426,241 in 1972.
135. This will result in downward pressure on prices as domestic firms face foreign competition.
136. People in trance often begin their journeys by experiencing a descent through a downward tunnel. Sentencedict.com
137. They show what happens when an economy goes into a downward spin.
138. He watched the lower leaves blanch and curl downward at the edges.
139. In both cases, management appears to have wrongly identified the primary cause of downward pressure on revenue and profit.
140. Its feeding technique is also similar: drifting downward through the water, it captures small fish or plankton with its tentacles.
141. The annual rate of inflation for June was lower at 3.9%, and the underlying trend appears downward.
142. Short Cuts captures the moment when the postwar economic boom began its decline into downward mobility.
143. When a vicious tackle leaves him blinded from a spinal injury, his life takes the predictable downward trajectory.
144. Social mobility can be upward, for example moving from the working to the middle class, or downward.
145. Self-pity tends to block taking action that will be truly effective in reversing the downward spirals of primary and family diseases.
146. The tunnel sloped downward, and when they emerged from it they halted.
147. The haiku was one which ended with a downward cut, followed by a single outward thrust.
148. So, I guess I started supporting Leeds just as they started their downward trend.
149. Drive the nail into the wall at a downward angle.
150. Students were experiencing a sense of decline, both in terms of material and social positions, a form of downward social mobility.
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