Example sentences for: downed

How can you use “downed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Most are illustrated with brutal photos of beached ships, downed trees, and shattered houses.

  • The claim: That the plane may have been accidentally downed by electromagnetic rays emanating from military aircraft and destroyers travelling nearby.

  • The Financial Times (which led Monday with the news that BP Amoco, the United Kingdom's largest company, was about to take over Atlantic Richfield of the United States in an all-stock deal worth $25 billion) carried a front-page headline "America's illusions crash with downed stealth" and said that TV images of the wreckage have shattered "the illusion enjoyed by Americans for years that the US military's technologically superlative weaponry meant it could destroy unseen enemies with little or no danger to American life or property."

  • You can no longer kick a downed man or elbow someone in the back of the head.

  • Investigators cautioned that they had few clues to go on, but early speculation focused on: 1) the thrust reverser flaw that downed a similar plane in 1991; 2) recent threats of terrorist attacks against airlines; and 3) inconsistent regulation of foreign carriers' safety.


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