How to Use face down in a Sentence

face down

adjective or adverb
  • Her head rolled into her lap, face down.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In the pool, a priest is floating face down.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Crouch as low as possible to the floor, face down.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Jefferson is found face down with a strange knife in his back, blood pooled around him.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Amid the screams and chaos lay Manzo, face down and bleeding.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • She was found face down in her bedroom, wearing a grey tank top and nude from the waist down.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • The same hot tub Perry was later that day found dead and face down in.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 May 2026
  • Place the blade or blades back on the mower, making sure sharp edges face down toward the lawn.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
  • Another man was lying face down in a pool of red-like substance.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Demetrius Shumpert forced Reyes-Jungwirth to lie on the ground face down.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The lifeguards swam to the surfer, who was face down, unconscious and not breathing.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • Samuelson was motionless, lying face down on the floor.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
  • The screen cuts to Peppa, face down in a puddle in the centre circle.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 5 May 2026
  • First responders found the man face down in a ditch filled with water, officials said.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The video shows the suspect, who was wearing a black hoodie, lying face down on the metal cart.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Inside the kitchen, officers found Reed lying face down on the floor.
    — Cbs News Atlanta Staff, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Police officers caught me, laid me face down in the building’s hallway, and cuffed me.
    — Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Boldy struck the ice face-first and stayed face down for several seconds, until a whistle came.
    — CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Toney was found face down with two 9 mm shell casings near his body when officers responded to the scene.
    — Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Detroit police were sent to the area on a report of a shooting and found a woman lying face down in the street.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • She was found lying naked and face down, and suffered 17 stab wounds, and had defensive wounds on her hands.
    — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Wearing only a short nightgown, Janet was face down in bed, her hands tied behind her back with the tie from her own bathrobe.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • My agent, Marty Diamond, had to face down a steady stream of ‘no’s from fearful artist reps.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Adair is not seen moving, his hands are still pushed forward and his head is face down on the bed, according to court documents.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Adair is not seen moving, his hands are still pushed forward and his head is face down on the bed, according to court documents.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Patients lie face down with their feet dangling over the edge of the examination table.
    — Matt Villano, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
  • One exercise instructed participants to lie face down and lift their feet off the ground.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Video shot by a bystander showed Bostic sprawled face down on the ground as an officer knelt on his back, pulling an arm back to handcuff him.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Emii was found face down inside the bathtub, which was filled with bloody water, investigators say.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • Emii was found face down inside the bathtub, which was filled with bloody water, investigators say.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026

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