Example sentences for: downright

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

  • The WP and NYT especially capture the sense in which she broke Soviet ground as a political wife: less dowdy, more fashion-conscious, if not downright materialistic (with her own American Express card, the Times reminds).

  • The story is also on the front of the LAT , alongside a picture of Albert that makes him look downright scary, and is the second lead at USAT .

  • It is no piece of cake, if not downright impossible, for the average user to perform this sort of install.

  • Polysyllables abound in today's speech, and much has been written on the subject, from euphemisms--agencies that “facilitate” instead of give money--to downright deceit--one knows by now that “protective reaction strikes” are bombings.

  • But sector investing also tends to reward a successful corporation's competitors for that corporation's success, and in that sense seems not merely counterintuitive but downright perverse.


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