How to Use live down in a Sentence

live down

verb
  • An old woman lived down the hall from us.
    — Miriam Toews september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Owen lives down the block from my parents.
    — Adam Sachs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
  • One of those girls, Iwa, lives down the street from me.
    — Jasmin 'iolani Hakes, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
  • His cousins who lived down near Canandaigua cancelled first.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Priya, who lived down the block, and our endless turns on the seesaw.
    — Literary Hub, 21 June 2016
  • Adam’s friend Rick Rubin lived down the hall.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Bella stars as Amber, their friend who lives down the hall.
    — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • My daughter lives down the street from Noelle’s parents.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Sue Schillinger lives down the street from where the attack happened.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Scott lived down the block from where he was fatally shot, police said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Her brother lives on their parents’ old farm, and her sister lives down the road.
    — Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Even though southern summers are gross, folks who live down here get used to them after a while.
    — Dennis Mersereau, Forbes, 26 June 2021
  • Victor Martinez lives down the road and he's watched the changes over the past few months.
    — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Kinsey adds that one of her joys in life is living down the block from Bratton.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Like so many of the tastiest recipes, it was passed down from her mom, who got it from a friend who lived down the street from her.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2024
  • The Hlavaceks happened to live down the street from the Smith family.
    — Shanzeh Ahmad, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Stewart’s family always lived down river, on the east side of the city.
    — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Barbies cemented a decades-long friendship with the girl who lived down the street.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • Another friend who lived down the street was the equipment manager.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Shaq and Chuck have since amended their case, arguing that Porzingis needn’t live down there.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Many of the staff members, who live down in La Serena, had retired.
    — Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Your loan officer went to church with you, coached your child’s Little League team or lived down the street.
    — George Davis, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Domenic lives down the road, where the river is also consuming his house and is up to the windows of his neighbor's.
    — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the folks who make these goods might live down the street or work in his nearby restaurant, Red Rooster.
    — Marcus Samuelsson, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2020
  • His next-door neighbor was George Clooney; Jimmy Page lived down the street.
    — David Segal, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • Rosas, who lived down the block from the deli, was seen grappling with Harris when the suspect whipped out a pistol and opened fire.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Karlie Kloss may never live down her 2019 Met Gala look.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • Holstein and her family evacuated their home but got stuck in the mud, staying overnight at a friend’s house who lived down the hill.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Michigan State won’t live down last week’s double-overtime home loss to Indiana for a long time.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Mary Fagan, 63, who lives down the street, told the Times that her mother used to own the double-wide.
    — Beatrice Dupuy, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2024

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