Betekenis van:
down-and-out

Voorbeeldzinnen

1. I was out of breath and sat down.
2. I was out of breath from walking up and down hills.
3. He reached out and took down a small leather bound book.
4. We sat down and hashed out all the details until we reached an agreement.
5. The bout turned out rough and neither boxer was going to win hands down.
6. She was out of breath from walking up and down hills.
7. It's really unbearable to see him looking so down-and-out.
8. He turned the bottle upside down and shook it, but still the honey wouldn't come out.
9. A fire broke out last night and three houses were burnt down.
10. Scarcely had we started out before the sky became overcast and down came the rain again.
11. He sat down at the piano and plonked out as best he could the "Happy Birthday" song.
12. I want each of you to take out a piece of paper and write down what happened.
13. Of those 2 or 3 were pushed out of the nest, and then fell down from the balcony as well.
14. The down of chicks that have just hatched is damp, but after two hours it dries out and becomes fluffy.
15. When we started out in 2008, we wrote down a list of people that we wanted to hire, then went out and hired them.