downriver
adverb or adjective
down·riv·er
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Definition of downriver
: toward or at a point nearer the mouth of a river
Examples of downriver in a Sentence
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The lakes farthest downriver — Gonzales and Wood — don’t have enough property value to cover the cost of debt service and may ultimately seek aid from the state or federal government. — San Antonio Express-News, "Lakefront landowners left high and dry," 15 Aug. 2019 Rocca joined Harris 500 miles downriver, near his hometown of St. Louis. — CBS News, "A trip down the mighty Mississippi," 7 July 2019 But on Sunday, not far downriver from that bridge, the family crossed a popular bike and jogging path and walked down a slope through the brush to the edge of the Rio Grande. — Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, "Drowning in Rio Grande highlights desperation and dangers of migrant journey," 27 June 2019 But when the Dalles Dam just downriver was finished, in 1957, Celilo Falls was drowned. — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's magazine, "Catechism of the Waters," 10 June 2019 It will be built just downriver from the shipyard site, near the IMTT terminal. — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, "Fuji Oil picks Jefferson Parish for $70 million processing site, 39 jobs," 15 Mar. 2018 Relentless rains this year, combined with drenching storms that brought devastating floods across much of the Midwest and halted barge traffic, funneled much more water downriver than usual and compounded the damage. — Rory Doyle, New York Times, "Where Floods of ‘Biblical Proportion’ Drowned Towns and Farms," 30 July 2019 Schwab, 66, of Healdsburg, California, was last spotted near river mile 167 on a small beach downriver from National Canyon, according to a park news release. — Mike Cruz, azcentral, "California hiker missing in Grand Canyon presumed to have drowned, officials say," 3 July 2019 But on Sunday, not far downriver from that bridge, the family crossed a popular bike and jogging path and walked down a slope through the brush to the edge of the Rio Grande. — Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, "Drowning in Rio Grande highlights desperation and dangers of migrant journey," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'downriver.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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downriver
adverb
English Language Learners Definition of downriver
: in the direction in which a river flows
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