How to Use drag down in a Sentence

drag down

phrasal verb
  • The victim was pinned and dragged down the street, police said.
    — Rhiannon Saegert, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • At one practice, as Thomas dragged down the court, Loyola head coach Drew Valentine called him out in front of the whole team.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Harrison Carter set up Thomas’ score with a 41-yard catch-and-run before being dragged down short of the goal line.
    — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • The index declined more than the broad market, which dropped a little more than 1% in the month, as consumer discretionary stocks across the board dragged down the S&P 500.
    — Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • To put it simply, there’s just too much to do in the game that drags down its momentum substantially.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 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
  • The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index is down 1% since the start of this year, dragged down by weak tech stock performance.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Tesla was 17th of 22 brands in the report as problems in its newer models dragged down its rating.
    — Ed Garsten, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Reddit users in the comments section advised the bride to not let the drama drag down her day and to be discreet when people ask where her maid of honor is.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024

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