Downward

Examples

• The concussion nearly capsized her, and with a sickening plunge she hurtled downward through the dark night. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I was on my downward way then, but the dreary, dreary road I have traversed since! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• With one mighty downward surge I swept him clear of the deck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• If his progress downward had been attended with difficulties and uncertainty, his journey back was infinitely more perplexing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• After writing the original place it face downward on the pad, and rub it gently with the hand to insure contact at every point. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It conforms to the downward curve of the latter, but the rail work begins at the top of the incline and extends back to the newel post at the bowler’s end of the alley. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When the piston moves downward as in (3), the valve in the pipe closes by its own weight, and the air in the cylinder escapes through the valve in the plunger. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• She raised her clenched hand high, and brought it down, with a great downward stroke on to the face and on to the breast of Gerald. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He was busily chopping away at the furze, a long row of faggots which stretched downward from his position representing the labour of the day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The water which thus passes into the humus and the soil beneath does not remain there, but slowly seeps downward, and finally after weeks and months emerges at a lower level as a stream. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• On the leveling strips at the extreme side of where the bed is to lie, a 3 x 1-inch maple strip is laid, widest side downward, with its finished one-inch edge nearest to the gutter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He could not bear to meet the uncanny, downward look of Gerald's blue eyes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Ursula resented Hermione's long, grave, downward-looking face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Mr Milvey thought this a man with a very odd manner, and a dark downward look; but he answered in his usual open way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Replacing his javelin, he resumed his seat, bent his looks downward, and appeared to be absorbed in melancholy reflection. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Then a passage was opened between the boiler and the upper end of the piston, which was consequently pushed downward, and then the steam was again allowed to escape. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The splint machines were for slitting a block of wood of the proper height downward nearly the whole way into match splints, leaving their butts in the solid wood. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Never to return,' muttered D'Arnot, and threw himself face downward upon the cot. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• On the return the airship met with strong downward currents of air that bore it groundward until it was hidden by the tops of trees. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Let me get on my considering cap, sir,' replied that gentleman, turning the open book face downward. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There was a crashing crack and a downward stab of yellow in the dark. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The sandy ground, shelving downward from where we sat, was lost mysteriously in the outward layers of the fog. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• To give the ship an upward or a downward movement the plane on which the ship rests was provided with a weight adapted to slip back and forth on a cable underneath the balloon shell. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For answer, she let the tears on her lids overflow and run slowly downward. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Also, she says there is no pain and you must simply press firmly below the ear and draw it downward. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Both these types of escalators can be made to move up or down by aid of a swinging switch, or two of them can be placed side by side, one moving upward and the other downward. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The water forced into the air chamber by the downward-moving piston compresses the air and increases its pressure. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• As a result _M_ moves downward, and thereby induces rotation in the large wheel _L_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Presently our downward motion ceased, and I could hear the propellers swirling through the water at our stern and forcing us ahead at high speed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

Typist: Nathaniel