How to Use comedown in a Sentence

comedown

1 of 2 noun
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  • For a man who was once a very popular actor, working in a nightclub is quite a comedown.
  • In the end there was nothing but the comedown from an evening of Rih.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2018
  • But on the other end of it all, there is always the comedown.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022
  • The rest of you will wonder if reaching those heights is worth the comedown.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • That boost is very, very temporary…and the comedown is even worse.
    — Kim Tranell, Seventeen, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Drake’s been out raving, and this comedown sounds rough.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • Neither do our young lovers Kai and Paula escape the post-coital comedown.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2021
  • The comedown of a role like this was much harder than getting into him.
    — Sasha Urban, Variety, 25 Apr. 2022
  • This week was a brutal comedown for Warren, who was running atop the polls for much of last year.
    — Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Mar. 2020
  • This is a comedown from last April, when Mars was much closer to Earth and appeared more than four times brighter.
    — Joe Rao, Scientific American, 5 July 2014
  • And then the comedown, or, in Neil Young’s coda to Jim Morrison, life after the gold rush.
    — James Reich, SPIN, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The effects lasted maybe an hour or so, with no comedown and no hangover.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2018
  • Those at the top schools also know playing in the WNBA will be a comedown from the conditions they’re used to.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The Cowboys are riding high after destroying the Vikings and might be due for a bit of a comedown.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022
  • That has given rise to some worry that Amazon is due for a comedown.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The tonal comedown from the movie into the pilot is huge, but having the movie first gives a sharp reminder of the strangeness to come throughout the series.
    — Corey Atad, Esquire, 28 Apr. 2017
  • For the legendary trainer, this will be a comedown of the most ignominious stripe.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • After all, there’s no better post-Pride comedown than to remind us why Pride was a riot in the first place.
    — Vulture, 28 June 2023
  • This is a sad comedown for the man who saved New York City and inspired the nation after September 11.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The surrounding talent in Oakland is even more of a comedown.
    — Michael Beller, SI.com, 1 July 2019
  • Despite the humbling comedown, the events of the past few days leave Bloomberg in a position to exert influence over what comes next.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Even in non-Covid circumstances, this was always going to see a comedown.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
  • There are also echoes of 2008, when a painful comedown in the US housing market almost broke the banking system.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The dramatic comedown in job growth was driven by businesses that either closed or lost sales due to the virus.
    — Mark Zandi For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Over the past year, the comedown for China’s insurance industry has been rough.
    — James T. Areddy, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2018
  • After a 25-year come-up, a champion must contend with a comedown.
    — Vulture, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The coffee business looks fine right now, but the eventual comedown may be brutal.
    — Aaron Back, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
  • The same comedown could happen to its shareholders at current prices.
    — Telis Demos, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2021
  • That’s a big comedown from the 4.8 percent expansion in the first quarter, and is likely to put the government’s 5.5 percent growth goal for all of this year out of reach.
    — New York Times, 11 July 2022
  • Stocks and bonds, once the lords of the investing realm, endured large comedowns over the past year as interest rates ascended from the depths of near zero.
    — Larry Light, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
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come down

2 of 2 verb
  • That might come down to how the Hawkeyes perform on the field.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • A lot comes down to strengths and what NBA teams value.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Steffan Tubbs: This will all end, the lights will come down, the cameras leave.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • And gas prices have been coming down since last year’s highs.
    — David Harrison, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Krumwiede, 57, said the tree came down around midnight, just as the storm was smashing through the Carmichael area.
    — Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Houchin said charges came down due to the use of the firearm and the seriousness of the injury.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But even Loomis didn’t come down squarely on the side of calling the deal a mistake.
    — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
  • People from off the boat and spectators were coming down the back end of the dock.
    — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Rain and snow are expected to be coming down across much of the West at this time.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • But the ruble has since bounced back and interest rates come down.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Snagging a one-handed catch, Roberts came down with it for a touchdown to give BYU a 38-31 lead.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Once the final cuts come down, the Cowboys can bring a younger quarterback to the practice squad.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Its appeal was filed on March 7, four days after the sanction came down.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In other words, the influence of these seven stocks comes down to their size.
    — Karl Russell, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Many of the cranes crowding skylines from Phoenix to Denver and Dallas will soon come down.
    — Will Parker, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2023
  • A lot of this will come down to economics, and some of these companies will put up a good fight.
    — David Marchese Photo Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • If your pet comes down with the condition on one side of the body, the initial treatment may be covered.
    — Kat Tretina, wsj.com, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Fed chair Powell has remained tight-lipped on his thoughts about if, or when, rates may come down.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The house lights come down and cell phone lights blast up as the dancers filter behind the stage, a high platform parked in the middle of the venue’s outer edge.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The race was coming down to the final mark, when the Italians veered too high around the bend, the nose of their boat submerged and the cockpit filled with water.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023
  • And the deadlock with the Dutch was predictable after their Olympic meeting came down to penalty kicks.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • Tuesday’s costly loss, KU coach Self says, came down to 3-point shooting of both teams.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • At the start of intermission, a blue curtain comes down.
    — Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Hendrix said Knight waited for the victim, who was driving, to come down the roadway.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2023
  • And resale prices may come down more, if history is any guide.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The difference between whether something works or not can come down to whether the door slams before the line or after the line.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Even when food could be found, the drinking water was dirty and the children came down with diarrhea.
    — A Special Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Microsoft’s whip hand, more than anything, else, comes down to cold hard cash.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The right mode will all come down to your personal preference.
    — Kayla Hui, Health, 20 July 2023
  • That number has since come down to about 100 companies.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Apr. 2024

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