downcastness

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• “I had to have tricks, like moving through the set with my eyes downcast, so that when I opened my eyes I’d be experiencing everything only as Cora, because otherwise it would be too much for Thuso to take in,” Mbedu says.

• Others were more downcast in acknowledging the loss, which was far closer than pollsters predicted.

• The soaked one squats on the bridge, eyes furious and downcast.

• As he was taken down from the dock to be driven to prison he was downcast, as anyone would be who was publicly sacrificed.

• If we must confess it, they are quite offended and downcast when the cartoons stop.

• He is downcast, and a senior member of his party comforts him in these words.

• Despite the fuzzy pictures, the Daily Mail was quick to point out the star looked "miserable" and “downcast.”

• The old man stood, with eyes downcast and hands clasped before him, a picture of humility.

• Her agitation was plain to him, and it puzzled him, as did the downcast glance of eyes usually so bold and insolent in their gaze.

• Pale as usual, and with downcast eyes, she entered the room, whither her mother called her.

• The fire in the stove had burned lower, and its downcast glow revealed less mercilessly the dirty condition of the floor.

• Henri found her there, at something before nine, rather downcast and worried, and debating about going up to bed.