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Example sentences for: downright

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Some are unusual, incongruous, gross, strange-look-ing, downright odd, and some depend solely upon juxtaposition.
Starr is batting "10 for 10" against presidential legal challenges, note Tim Russert ( Meet the Press ) and Fred Barnes ( Fox News Sunday ), proving that he's "not a rogue prosecutor" (Susan Page, Late Edition ). "The judge was downright scornful of the White House," adds Barnes.
And some are downright sad.
And I believe it's very helpful to have terms to distinguish the tools that you find useful from the ones you feel are counterproductive or downright pernicious.
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.