downward motion in a sentence

Examples

1. One of the two strings in the course is plucked in a downward motion, and the other in the upward motion.
2. "He approached Christian and swung his hand in a downward motion, " striking and scratching his son's cheekbone and upper lip.
3. Avis told the Newfoundland Supreme Court trial a knife entered Pedyura's throat from his right to his left in a downward motion.
4. The power cylinder fires just after the piston has begun its downward motion ( " after top dead center ", or ATDC ).
5. They are set in downwards motion to lift the bridge by a very slight action of the motors, as gravity does the rest.
6. The bellman, asked how business was, made a graceful downward motion with his hand that approximated somebody going over the falls in a barrel.
7. So-called right-angle controls, which are mounted to the steering column and require a downward motion to activate, are generally considered the least complicated and most comfortable.
8. The downward motion is not very apparent and this creates the illusion that a skysurfer is gliding on air currents like a sailplane or hang glider.
9. Move the squeegee from one end to the other in a downward motion, so water is always flowing off of the right tip of the squeegee.
10. Another one-handed device uses a downward motion to cause rotating gears to unscrew the needle and collar from the syringe ( Thead and Evans, 1991 ).