How to Use drag down in a Sentence

drag down

phrasal verb
Definition of drag downnext
  • The soldier is motionless as he’s dragged down the side of the tank and onto the ground.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Many will go at discount prices and drag down the market.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
  • The reality is the bus just keeps on going and the dog gets dragged down the street.
    — Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
  • When their hedge fund failed, a large swath of the industry was dragged down with it.
    — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 9 June 2023
  • Food prices and costs in restaurants and cafes helped to drag down the inflation rate, the ONS said.
    — Tom Rees, Fortune Europe, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Which is why poor Mary, who loves him and has tried to serve as his backbone, has been dragged down, too.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
  • Which is why poor Mary, who loves him and has tried to serve as his backbone, has been dragged down, too.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Rack of lamb is dragged down by a reduction of lamb jus that’s heavy as a lead apron and salty as the Dead Sea.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • Will Robinson’s scandals drag down Trump in a key swing state?
    — David French, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Biden's post-debate struggles could drag down Democrats in tough races.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 12 July 2024
  • Meaning that if any of them could get past Trump, they wouldn’t be dragged down by having denied the truth that Biden won.
    — Brian Bennett, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The war has undermined many of the region’s economies and threatens to drag in and drag down all of Syria’s neighbors.
    — Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2014
  • But the indictment shows how Trump’s approach to the law can drag down even lawyers with sterling resumes.
    — Ryan Teague Beckwith, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, a rise in imports dragged down the latest reading.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The duo had the most chemistry of all the night’s presenters, who too often seemed dragged down by stiff teleprompter dialogue.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The price of wholesale gasoline dropped to its lowest level of the year Thursday, dragged down by a nearly 5% decline in the price of crude oil.
    — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Worries about the global economy’s strength dragged down prices for crude oil and stocks of companies that pull it from the ground.
    — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
  • Well, that would really drag down the pacing of a television show.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Part of what's dragging down his poll numbers is a lack of support among younger voters for his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • One of the peculiarities of the revenge genre is that the revenger is often dragged down with their target.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
  • But with inconsistent wide receivers dragging down the offense, the Chiefs have turned to one of the NFL's best defenses.
    — Dave Skretta, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Sales fell a revised 1.1% in January, dragged down in part by inclement weather.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Between the lines: Spending at gas stations fell 1.6%, dragging down the overall sales figure.
    — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
  • That comes after sales fell 1.1% in January, dragged down in part by inclement weather.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 15 May 2024
  • That comes after sales fell 1.1% in January, dragged down in part by inclement weather.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 18 June 2024
  • Goldstein faced the worshipers and began shooting, firing 108 rounds before he was dragged down and beaten to death.
    — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • Wong added that real estate dragged down growth for several of the main cities in that region, except for Dongguan.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The higher rates have dragged down home sales, as owners with low mortgage rates resist putting their properties on the market.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But with an inconsistent group of wide receivers dragging down the offense this season, the Chiefs have learned to lean on one of the NFL's best defenses.
    — Dave Skretta, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The now-years-long crisis is dragging down Chinese consumer confidence, as about 70% of the country’s household wealth is parked in real estate.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 30 Sep. 2024

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