How to Use put down in a Sentence

put down

verb
  • Goins then put down his buzzer and walked off the stage.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
  • George Clooney and wife Amal Clooney have put down roots around the world.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
  • 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
  • But the law requires you to put down the phone once the car is moving again.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
  • But, the major fail comes from not putting down a top coat of epoxy.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • The soldiers brought in to put down the protests were drawing new ones around them.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
  • Per the footage, the man is seen in the grabbing one end of the tarp sheet that had been put down before the snow fell.
    — Latoya Gayle, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Stephenson chose to move here, put down roots and make his mark.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
  • At one point, she was asked to put down the sides and improvise.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 May 2025
  • But cities and states themselves put down a good deal of cash to get a Michelin Guide in the first place.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 July 2024
  • This dull and disposable film is a beast that needs to be put down.
    — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This dull and disposable film is a beast that needs to be put down.
    — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • This dull and disposable film is a beast that needs to be put down.
    — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
  • This dull and disposable film is a beast that needs to be put down.
    — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Prince Harry is putting down roots in the United States.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • When members of the group croak, they aren’t put down, they’re merely put… out.
    — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 18 May 2025
  • When the timer goes off, put down your cleaning tools because your work is done for the day.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
  • After all, the guy at the top was putting down the very idea of the media with every second breath.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • The small army of press stalking him needed to put down cameras.
    — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
  • This could be the chance to stop moving his family around and put down roots.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The top golfers are putting down their clubs and pulling up a chair ahead of Masters Tournament.
    — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • And for God’s sake, put down the phone and step away from the news occasionally.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Wilson is keen for the pair to put down roots together.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Many of the 2,700 attendees stopped to watch the knockout rounds, putting down blankets on the sand or grass to look on from afar.
    — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
  • This graphic novel is funny, spooky, heartfelt, and tough to put down.
    — Caroline Carlson june 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025

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