put-down
Example Sentences
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Judge relies on a producer to scour YouTube to find videos that might spark a spontaneous put-down.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023
Industrial policy was for Europeans; a common put-down was that it was “dirigiste,” a French term for “directed.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023
What makes this all the more frustrating is that it's true, as the editorial board says, that "social media is awash in speech of the point-scoring, picking-apart, piling-on, put-down variety."
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2022
Our era, especially, is not made for this; social media is awash in speech of the point-scoring, picking-apart, piling-on, put-down variety.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022
My comments must have struck Farmer as a put-down, because when I looked across the room his pale blue eyes were fixed on me.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
