(1) I think he intended it as a put-down comment.

(2) I see the term as a put-down of women.

(3) She couldn't think of a good put-down quickly enough.

(4) The whole thing was a big con,an elaborate put-down on a massive scale.

(5) A sharp put-down was the only way to shut her up.

(6) She was a master of the sarcastic put-down.

(7) My favourite put-down of all came from Chuck Berry.

(8) There was a horseshoe put-down and pick-up point between an ascending and descending ramp but parking there was prohibited.

(9) I didn't mean it as a put-down but I could tell from her response that she took my criticism personally.

(10) The best car, the wittiest put-down[Sentence dictionary], and the best dress.

(11) The comment was not intended as a put-down but simply a statement of fact.

(12) Roper, who is as sharp with a put-down as he is with a knockdown, has run out of worthy opponents.

(13) A Woman's Beauty: Put-down or Power Source?

(14) Each time I catch myself using a put-down, I quietly shift the pebble into the other pocket and say to myself kindly, "Well, maybe I can say that differently next time."

(15) Likewise, put-down humor can at times be an adaptive, healthy response: Employees suffering under a vindictive boss will often make the office more bearable by secretly ridiculing their tyrant.

(16) Put-down humor, such as telling friends an embarrassing story about another friend, is a socially acceptable way to deploy aggression and make others look bad so you look good.

(17) When challenged on their teasing, the put-down joker often turns to the "just kidding" defense, allowing the aggressor to avoid responsibility even as the barb bites.

(18) Your mate will consider this a personal put-down and will immediately move into a defensive posture.

(19) Write down these negative put-down thoughts and challenge them with reality.

(20) I took his criticism of my work as a real put-down.

(21) In the case of Pope it is the Essay on Man on which he exercises his gift for the magisterial put-down.

(22) Like it or not, you travel through life with your thoughts spell gloom and doom, that's where you're headed, because put-down words sabotage confidence instead of offering support and encouragement.

(23) And these words that are in some respect can be seen as humiliating, or a put-down to people with special needs, do cause pain.

(24) Listen to what change they're wanting you to make, ignore the put-down .

(25) If those thoughts spell gloom and doom, that's where you're headed, because put-down words sabotage confidence instead of offering support and encouragement.

(26) It is usually a waste of time approaching this woman; she may be ready with a castrating put-down.

(27) And since it contains its share of articulate losers, it is also about mockery, the put-down, the loser's shrug("whaddya gonna do").

(28) This Internet Explorer add-on doesn't offer nearly one-third, or maybe even one-quarter, of the sheer click-on/click-off options as the original, but that's not exactly a put-down.

(29) Every word that came out of her mouth was a criticism, a put-down, or a complaint.