The steady rain and steep mountain slope left the hikers feeling downcast.    From LearnThat.org. 

A downcast glance.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Not only am I Catholic, but I'm actually a season ticket holder of the Nationals, and I'm kind of downcast right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2008] Reference

I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christine A. Scheller: The Book of Job: How Craig and Lynn Ann Bogard Pressed On After Losing Their Sons] Reference

It was a very sad and downcast little body of men, however.    From Wordnik.com.  [Las Casas 'The Apostle of the Indies'] Reference

Most of the American journalists in attendance were downcast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hedrick vs. Davis] Reference

But within 20 minutes, the mood in the suite turned downcast.    From Wordnik.com.  [What A Long, Strange Trip] Reference

"" The party cadres and rank and file were downcast and demoralized.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Italian Hope] Reference

Most of the first team members left the field downcast and dejected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Over the Line] Reference

The eyes, that I left swollen and downcast, were raised large and bright.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference

Suddenly downcast, I sat down, Holmes had solved all of the clues bar one.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Case Of The Limehouse Golem] Reference

The prime minister appeared far from downcast as he announced his resignation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Somalia PM Resigns, Cites Rift With Leader] Reference

A downcast Bono later said that they had all been "making headway before this.".    From Wordnik.com.  [First Blood] Reference

His eyes were downcast, his face was demure, his attitude and manner were abject.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost in the Fog] Reference

His face was downcast and he put the dishes on the table in an absent-minded way.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference

“You're right,” she says, her eyes downcast as if she's looking for something.    From Wordnik.com.  [Celery: Viva Veggie Viagra!] Reference

"In the park, near the forget-me-not brook," murmured Margaret, with downcast eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [A True Friend A Novel] Reference

"Rathbone," he called out to a downcast Tom Rath, one of his New Hampshire organizers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pumping Iron, Digging Gold, Pressing Flesh] Reference

Miss Stiles's face was anxious and downcast: she gave Mrs. Tarbell an appealing glance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference

Thus encouraged, Zuleika summoned up all her strength and, with downcast eyes, commenced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edmond Dantès] Reference

The next morning Pat stepped out into the kitchen and donned his apron in a downcast mood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference

The old minister, after reading the letters, continued thoughtful, and with downcast eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference

The boy ate his breakfast with downcast eyes and only said timidly, at the end of the meal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference

They walked, eyes downcast, afraid that if they looked up, the other might not actually be there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luther Loves Lucy] Reference

He knows that even the most downcast, despairing ballad can be uplifting, especially if it's sung like this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buena Vista Social Club Singer's Last Album] Reference

What about 10-year-old Laphroaig single-malt scotch, a beverage that's been known to brighten a downcast winter day?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Duty Free: What's So Free?] Reference

Their host, the normally smiling British Prime Minister Tony Blair, seemed downcast as he stood alone on the stone steps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror at Rush Hour] Reference

As he speaks in the clip, he keeps his gaze downcast -- never once raising his eyes to meet the camera or the interviewer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steven Crandell: Feeling Powerless About Nuclear Weapons? Try "Zero"] Reference

The walls are light purple, the furnishings mostly white, and the mood in the room is somewhere between somber and downcast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Washington National Opera singer's slaying leaves family with questions] Reference

The president was downcast, then, when the Senate took its first vote on Jan. 8 -- deciding, 100-0, to set some ground rules.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Clinton Won] Reference

"Ony temp'ly, sah -- jist a leetle visit, sah," said Solomon, very humbly, stealing looks at the boys from his downcast eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost in the Fog] Reference

And it's not just unemployment numbers, they just have a generally downcast attitude about the economic direction of the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Plans As Midterms Put Economy To A Vote] Reference

Standing atop a makeshift podium in a musty school gymnasium, taking questions, an exhausted Albright looks downcast, ashen-faced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Albright's Old World Ways] Reference

His hands were in his pockets and his eyes were downcast and he felt as though he were bringing home an especially gruesome report card.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arlene] Reference

She sits there in her chair with her hands folded, her eyes downcast, and shakes her head, whipping her short red curls from side to side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kitty Love] Reference