How to Use bring down in a Sentence

bring down

verb
  • That’s enough to bring down tree limbs.
    — Helen Graham, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Gale has since brought down some of them.
    — Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
  • And just by pure chance, he gets brought down.
    — Emily Chang, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Gusty winds could bring down tree branches.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • This will address both of them and bring down costs.
    — Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The regime is just too strong for it to be brought down by bare hands.
    — Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The regime is just too strong for it to be brought down by bare hands.
    — Donald Heflin, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Even worse, that’s enough to bring down power lines.
    — Helen Graham, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Obamacare has not brought down the cost of health care in the long run.
    — NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
  • That mold brought down a Stop Sale on the flan.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • That means building more homes to bring down housing costs.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Sleet and freezing rain could bring down trees and power lines.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • And at the same time the drones are helping to bring down all the trash and many things.
    — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • And at the same time, the drones are helping to bring down all the trash and many things.
    — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • So none of the plans that have been proposed, other than mine, will bring down prices.
    — NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Here's what to know about the platform and claims about bringing down health care costs.
    — Wendy Killeen, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • When trees are brought down by high winds, power lines are often brought down with them.
    — Josh Taylor, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • This is a terror-sponsoring state that has to be brought down.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Lower oil prices help bring down costs for all kinds of businesses.
    — ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Lower oil prices help bring down costs for all kinds of businesses.
    — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Even a quarter- to half-inch thick coating of ice is enough to bring down trees and power lines.
    — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The president promised to end foreign wars and bring down prices.
    — NBC news, 5 Apr. 2026
  • This is bringing down demand across the country.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • All brought down by the Jeffrey Epstein files.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • His parents’ house, less than a block from the bluffs, was brought down to its foundation, too.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The goal is to find and bring down archenemy Muzan.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025

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