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How to use the word put-down in a Sentence?

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May it be the right time for you, who in this country call yourself a Christian but commit violence, to you the Lord says, ‘Put down your arms and embrace mercy.’.

Pope Francis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Be proud of yourself. Don’t listen to them, don’t let yourself be put down. Depression is part of being alive.

Anthony Hopkins

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Democrats have taken APA voters for granted for far too long — we want to put down roots in this community, have a conversation, and earn your vote, we look forward to working together to create a better future for our children here in Washington and across the country.

Ronna McDaniel

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

They said that they needed a Second Amendment because they needed the armed, disciplined, that was their word, militia to put down slave revolts. And they were worried that under the original Constitution, the federal government had all of the power to raise the militia. The southerners needed the militia to put down slave revolts because it’s a little bit difficult to hold people in bondage against their will.

Elie Mystal

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I'm really excited about this, i was going to put down professional baseball player, but I actually didn't because I was like' That's never gon na happen,' but I guess here we are today making a dream come alive.

Alexis Hopkins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The last month or so, I'll put down a minimum of 13-14 names between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, i just think everyone should be remembered. It's a reminder of what's happening in our city. It's out of control.

Deacon Luigi Mandile

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We put six or seven trucks in a row, and we push all the snow simultaneously, from the left to right, and we use our computer systems in the truck which are pretty elaborate. That tells us how much salt we put down.

Dan Pendergast

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Mistaken gunfire has extinguished another innocent life, i offer my condolences to her family. Please, put down the guns.If you have a gun in your home, secure it with a trigger lock or in a safe.Never, never handle a gun near children.

Cavalier Johnson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Beatles ' took a break. The studio that they were using... when they weren't there, I was there. I would sort of scamper in there and put down a few of my little tracks and clear out before they came back.

Taylor Swift

Found on CNN
2 years ago

While I will continue to serve Vermont, Marcelle and I have reached a conclusion : it is time to put down the gavel, it is time to pass the torch to the next Vermonter, who'll carry on this work for our great state. It's time to come home.

Patrick Leahy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are going to have these very intense rotating showers, mini-supercells coming onto our coastline, and they could legitimately put down a tornado on Sunday.

Colby Neuman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think I have a lot in common with the gay population because they've been made fun of and put down and misunderstood and have really had a rough row to hoe in life, they identify with me and I certainly identify with what they're still going through.

Tammy Faye

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is going to help them get across the finish line, you can work as hard as you want, but it is very difficult if not impossible to save $ 70,000 to put down on a home.

Al Abdallah

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Most lenders will require you to put down 25 % to 30 %, depending on your credit score and loan dollar amount.

Scott Lindner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Lamar’s gotta get (vaccinated), with the rules the NFL put down, I can’t imagine a team wanting to forfeit a game or lose a chance at the playoffs and none of the players getting paid because someone won’t get a vaccine.

Larry Hogan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Let's just say for example, instead of 13,000 police officers we had 8,000, but we had 5,000 more outreach workers, clinicians, life coaches, educators, job developers who are stopping the violence, we've got to give them a reason to stop committing crimes and put down the guns.

Arne Duncan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It brought back stuff that I have put down in me, this emotion that’s down there. To watch it from that distance and not know what was going to happen, it was scary, but credit to the medical staff. They have done an amazing job on Christian. I like how his team mates got together to protect him.

Fabrice Muamba

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

He should have told her to put down the knife.

Tommy Taylor

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

A tanker truck pulled up that evening and started spraying water on the road, for a moment it felt like the highway was covered in blood. I turned away and put down more crosses.

Hugo Castro

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Even in this economic state, we see a lot of people willing to put down $ 500 for a new console, we don't foresee anything sort of gaming crash due to economic factors because there are a lot of people stuck at home, shifting discretionary spending into gaming.

Carter Rogers

Found on CNN
3 years ago

That erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all, it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the pretensions of politicians, pedagogues and other such mountebanks, and that is its aim everywhere else.

H. L. Mencken

added by Normando
3 years ago

This is the Insurrection Act of 1807.Its been used by 12 differentpresidents from Jefferson allthe way to George H.W. Bush.One of those occasions was by the Democrathero Lyndon Baines Johnson.He actually brought in themilitary -- guess what? --to put down riots inWashington, D.C, so General Mattis really shouldhave picked up a couple of hishistory books.

General Mattis

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The authorities have been working overtime to put down a containment area and they were here last night ready to defend us, but there wasn't a lot of fire really, anyone who needed to had retreated. I'm not surprised, last weekend was intense.

Ian Lindsey

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Please pay attention to your driving when operating a motor vehicle, give yourself plenty of room to have a way out, put down your phone or other objects, DO NOT drive distracted or impaired ! Keep these families in your thoughts and prayers.

Sheriff Mike Nielsen

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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