Steamboats could travel faster and cheaper than sailing or keelboats, which floated downriver and had to be rowed or towed upriver on the return trip.
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2 sentences with “downriver”
Short, simple sentences with “downriver”, suitable for children and primary/elementary school, with common expressions and related words. You'll also find examples for middle and high school.
Brief definition: downriver
Downriver means moving or located in the direction that a river flows, toward its mouth or end. It can also refer to areas or towns situated along the lower part of a river, downstream from a specific point.
2 sentences with “downriver” — examples
The phrase "to be sold downriver", used by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, refers to this forced migration from the upper southern states to the deep south below the Mississippi to grow cotton.
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