How to Use drag down in a Sentence

drag down

verb
  • Redd said neighbors were told Figueroa was dragged down the street by those who stole his car.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Wind gusts up to 50 mph are forecast, which can drag down tree branches.
    — John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Usually, higher oil prices drag down stocks.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Now, gasoline prices are dragging down the lower prong of the K, too.
    — Greg Iacurci,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Acclimatized or not, players are still dragged down by the heat.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • Bedard was dragged down by his defensive metrics.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Now, gasoline prices are also dragging down the lower prong of the K.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 27 May 2026
  • And then also from the heavy weight of that big, big building right next door, which will drag down our rubble foundation.
    — Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was down 2%, dragged down by healthcare stocks.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Prices for gold and silver also tumbled, dragging down major mining stocks with them.
    — Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Prices for gold and silver also tumbled, dragging down major mining stocks with them.
    — ABC News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Yet the world’s most powerful economy’s been dragged down by nonstop layoffs.
    — Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
  • There had been friction behind the scenes with the mood repeatedly dragged down by setbacks over the course of the season.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • For years, Evangelista, 82, had been dragged down by osteoarthritis in his neck.
    — Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 8 June 2026
  • The only major difference between now and then is that Edwards is now in danger of being dragged down with his ship.
    — Steve Madeley, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Workslop problems are also dragging down medical staff.
    — Sharon Adarlo, Futurism, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Now, most Americans still hold a dim view of the economy, dragging down the president's support.
    — Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • The most common ranking was an 8 and the 10s were up there too — but lots of 5s, 6s, and 7s dragged down the average.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Murray’s shooting splits, dragged down by his 4-for-17 Game 6, were just as unflattering.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
  • Porter, seen as an early front-runner, was dragged down by backlash around her treatment of a staffer and a journalist, but more than two dozen former staffers signed a support letter this month.
    — Julia Mueller, The Hill, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In 2022 Netflix reported its first quarterly subscriber loss in more than a decade, dragging down its stock price.
    — Sarah Whitten,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The conglomerate was dragged down in large part by a 54% slide in profits from the insurance underwriting business.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • As semiconductor shares dragged down the Nasdaq-100 for a second day, quietly, software stocks appear to have found their groove.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • This gives us the firepower to pick up stocks that are being irrationally dragged down in the broader market sell-off and, later on, pick up other high-quality names that have come down too far.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • China’s overcapacity and its support for manufacturers over consumers have stoked excess supply that drags down prices.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 11 May 2026
  • So many clubs have fallen victim to unsuitable ownership and abject mismanagement, dragged down far beyond their natural level.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The move also dragged down Coinbase, which is the main distribution platform for USDC.
    — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, higher prices for factories, passed on to consumers who already are spending less, could further drag down the economy by squeezing disposable household income more.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The broader markets have been shaky, with tech shares dragging down indexes as investors question whether AI companies can deliver on their valuations.
    — Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • There was a nervy finale at San Siro as Nikola Vlasic pulled one back from the penalty spot after Pavlovic was adjudged to have dragged down Simeone.
    — ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026

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