How to Use put down in a Sentence

put down

verb
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  • But not many games are so easy to pick up and put down.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Fish and Game are aware, and yes, if caught it will be put down.
    — Megan Pacer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Gift-givers, step away from the chapstick and put down the toothbrush (!!).
    — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 10 Nov. 2022
  • But at some point the Lakers have to put down the hammer and let a man grow.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Stephenson chose to move here, put down roots and make his mark.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
  • This dull and disposable film is a beast that needs to be put down.
    — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Ramer responded to the text with a thumbs-up emoji and put down his phone.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Rake up debris like branches and leaves from the ground before putting down the clover seeds.
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
  • This could be the chance to stop moving his family around and put down roots.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Wilson is keen for the pair to put down roots together.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Another third put down at least 50%, with a mortgage on the rest.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Ten years ago, the news that Marius the giraffe was put down by the Copenhagen Zoo went viral.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Arwen takes one swallow, grimaces, and puts down the glass.
    — Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
  • Hawk put down his board and pushed toward the embankment.
    — Bret Anthony Johnston, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • That was just simply coming up with the melody and the beat and then putting down the hook and that took four or five hours within itself.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The couple each owned 50% of the house, but Robertson put down all of the $1.8-million down payment, according to the suit.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
  • So put down the colored icing, step away from the baking sheet, and train your focus this way.
    — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But not even Dry January can keep some of the genre’s artists from putting down their red Solo cups.
    — Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024
  • At the end of the performance, Grohl gave his daughter a big hug, put down his drumsticks and waved his fists in the air in support of the teen.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2022
  • In some cases, you may also be asked to put down your final month's rent as well.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
  • As the students take off their gardening gloves and put down their tools, Shakow reflects on the few hours of hard work.
    — Buffy Gorrilla, NPR, 14 May 2024
  • So had some other singers come in and got the last vocal put down on Friday for one of the characters.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
  • But when West led the queen of clubs, North put down a dummy with one more diamond and one fewer trump.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
  • Some of this can be put down to the weight and thickness of the foldable phone, but these concerns have been engineered away over time.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Now Owens is putting down roots, enjoying the idea that the ownership is welcome to change.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Or just a need for yet another obligatory put down of Biden and his wife?
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But the 35-year-old put down roots in Maryland, and the family decided he will be buried in the United States.
    — Lea Skene, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
  • One more person with a dream of putting down roots in one of the priciest real estate markets in the country.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
  • Kaho put down her drawing pen and shifted the receiver from her left hand to her right.
    — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • Now, like an increasing number of other former migrant workers, she’s put down roots as sturdy as the tomatoes in her fields.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024

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