How to Use letdown in a Sentence

letdown

noun

• Maybe this letdown will make the Bucks better in the long run.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Bosa was asked about the need to guard against a letdown against a team that might be letting down.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Dec. 2022
• That wasn’t the case Tuesday with a letdown in overtime in a 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023
• However, my first few weeks the moves were a bit of a letdown.
  — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 1 July 2023
• Then came maybe the most beautiful letdown of the whole event.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
• And yet, this comes across as a big-time letdown spot for Detroit.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2022
• That’s why the seasons that followed have been such a letdown.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2022
• Some people swear by this stuff, so this one was a letdown.
  — Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 12 Dec. 2022
• Turner said the Dodgers are savvy enough to avoid a letdown or gather rust.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
• The Giants have to avoid a letdown in the home opener Sunday against the Panthers.
  — Tom Canavan, Hartford Courant, 12 Sep. 2022
• Sometimes though the offerings turn out to be a bit of a letdown.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
• And twice the Dodgers evaded a letdown, dancing around the fire to keep the Pirates scoreless.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• Texas didn’t have to worry about a letdown in its first trip down to the Rio Grande Valley.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Nov. 2022
• If resistance doesn’t pan out, that doesn’t have to be a letdown.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022
• How the Tar Heels responds to that letdown will be a storyline this spring.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 11 Feb. 2022
• Riley and the Trojans have put down any notion that a trip to the Cotton Bowl is a letdown.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2023
• Instead of a letdown, USC proceeded to kick the door down.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• But a lot of Netflix’s newer content feels like a bit of a letdown.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
• The stage was set for a letdown, with a marquee meeting at Utah looming next week.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
• So this was sort of a big letdown for everybody who had struggled and fought to keep the social web open.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• The Rams catch a break in terms of having the full offseason to prepare for the Bills, but this game has all the makings of a big-time letdown for the home team.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2022
• Was Suns' Game 7 loss to Mavericks the worst letdown in Arizona sports?
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2022
• Some data would suggest that the letdown starts on the defensive end.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
• The Lions suffered a bit of a letdown with last week's loss to the Carolina Panthers but all is not lost.
  — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2023
• Along with the linen washcloth, the shirt was also a little wrinkly, which was a letdown but in no way a dealbreaker.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
• Stranger Things 4 had a lot going for it in its first seven episodes, but the final two were a major letdown.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 4 July 2022
• The Vikings have won two close games in a row against lowly opponents, and appear primed for a letdown in Green Bay.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
• The running game led by Nick Chubb has done its job, but the defense has been a letdown, especially against the run the last two games.
  — Ted Crow, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2022
• Last season was a bit of a letdown for Davenport, who recorded half a sack in 15 games.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 22 Feb. 2023
• The Bellman Stovetop Steamer whole milk foam output was a letdown for a latte as the foam was just too loose to last.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024