How to Use down the river in a Sentence

down the river

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  • The friend went to follow the man into the water, but the current had already moved him down the river.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
  • The toys floated out of the building and down the river.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Floats down the river, hangouts at the beach, hikes in the mountains.
    — Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine, 3 June 2022
  • On its way down the river, the ship would slip beneath the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The scenery is meant to approximate what the land might have looked like to those sold down the river.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile, 14 continued down the river and six have gone over the Emsworth Dam, the city said.
    — Paradise Afshar, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
  • There were six people in all and three boats, just like on my, my journey down the river.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Listen to this article The toys floated out of the building and down the river.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • At Stella, inside the Capella Bangkok down the river, the cocktail menu pays homage to Asia.
    — Jenny Adams, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The barges drifted freely down the river before some of them came to rest on two locks and dams on the Ohio River downstream from Pittsburgh.
    — USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Elsewhere, the living room feels super bright and airy thanks to the oversized windows that provide views up and down the river.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
  • All that adds up to lovely days made for hiking, wine tasting, or cruising down the river.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
  • Another chunk of the bridge had already been floated down the river earlier in the project.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Another chunk of the bridge had already been floated down the river earlier in the project.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But not a gully washer that will shut down the river fishing all weekend.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Up and down the river basin, those who depend on it were watching the forecasts: A towboat captain who has plied the river for decades.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • This impressive paddle wheeler takes guests on a two-hour tour down the river.
    — Megan Dubois, Chron, 13 Mar. 2023
  • That range extends up and down the river basin, as far as the Yampa River in northwestern Colorado.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The groups have hosted more than 25 community conversations up and down the river over the course of many months to hear ideas from the public.
    — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The groups have hosted more than 25 community conversations up and down the river over the course of many months to hear ideas from the public.
    — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Deputies then noticed two women on rafts, roughly a quarter-mile down the river, also caught in the swift water.
    — Vincent Medina, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
  • The man was floating with friends down the river when they were separated, the Lebanon Fire District said in a statement Sunday.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The containers that traveled down the river have been recovered and the cargo was paint, Hackett said.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Some ways down the river, a fisherman on the bank told us that the mountain had exploded, and that everything was being shut down.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 18 May 2010
  • Her original poppy garden reseeded and spread down the river and over much of Old Town.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Alaska Standard Time on May 8, a rushing current of water and giant ice chucks pulled the tripod down the river, stopping the clock and ending the game.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
  • On the shore, their friends and family dance and cheer as Vishal and Richa make their way down the river — eventually joining their guests as one big party.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2022
  • But the clock — which only stops when the tripod actually travels down the river — kept ticking.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
  • But the clock — which only stops when the tripod actually travels down the river — kept ticking.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
  • With a steady breeze coming down the river from the Mediterranean, the houseboats were cool even during the blazing heat of summer and cushioned from the blaring street noise by the riverside greenery.
    — Paul Schemm, Washington Post, 2 July 2022

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