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Example sentences for "cast down"

  • And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.

  • But I won't let them see me cast down, and it is good to be huzzaing at all events.

  • Yet let him not utterly be cast down; "The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up those that are bowed down.

  • A Creator can make spirits, uphold spirits, and make one spirit stronger to stand, than are all the spirits of the world to cast down.

  • For here it is ruinous, and, therefore, must be cast down.

  • There is a time to build, and a time to cast down, a time for every thing,” saith the wise man.

  • I never suffer myself to be cast down," said the king.

  • Fate thwarts me at every turn; but I will not be cast down.

  • So cast down was he at the moment that he scarcely took note of anything that was passing around him, when he was suddenly roused from his fit of despondency by seeing a large troop of horse issue from the college gates.

  • Careless thought so too, and though disappointed, did not allow himself to be cast down.

  • Come," he said with the gentleness of a woman, "I did not mean to scold you; never be cast down with a few rough words from a rough fellow like myself.

  • There's nothing for you to be cast down about.

  • His face is cast down as he passes the house from which he is banished.

  • And John Hodder, although he might be cast down, had never once entertained the notion of surrender.

  • Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • I visit them they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.

  • It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and some of the army and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled on them.

  • You mustn't let yourself be cast down, sir,' said the nurse.

  • Don't be cast down, sir; you will be teaching all the young noblemen in Dotheboys Hall in less than a week's time, unless this gentleman is more obstinate than I take him to be.

  • In this philosophical way I looked at my misfortunes, determining not to be cast down by them; and bore woes and my broken head with perfect magnanimity.

  • Many a gallant man of the highest honour is often not proof against these, and has been known to despair over a bad dinner, or to be cast down at a ragged-elbowed coat.

  • Be not, of course, cast down at losing; but above all, be not eager at winning, as mean souls are.

  • I do pity you, asthore: but don't be cast down, for I have my trust in God that he won't desart you in your last hour.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    cast about; cast down; cast himself; cast iron; cast lots; cast out; cast upon; castile soap; casting vote; castor sugar; certain sort; colored citizens; feet above the river; full blast; gave expression; having spent; like animal; only once; practical guide; private trade; seems rather; thing that; thou holy; voltaic battery; while before; world history