From above downwards

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

Seen through a film of cloud the dark shadow of the obstruction was visible passing over from above downwards, and seen through snow glasses it appeared quite black.

A further series of scans at 5 mm intervals is then obtained through the liver and kidneys scanning from above downwards at 90 100 s.

This law claims that the symptoms proceed in reverse order from the most important organs to the least important organs, from within outwards (most central organ first) and from above downwards (from head to feet) [ 39].

(e) Object relations: the Person's Relating to Others Questionnaire (PROQ2a [ 70]) is a 96-item self-report questionnaire which evaluates style of personal relating in terms of close (involving) vs. distant (seeking separation) and upper (relating from above downwards) vs. lower (relating from below upwards).

Experimentally this oscillatory relationship is most easily appreciated by viewing stick balancing from above looking downwards.

Males were sitting on the female with their front legs placed on the female's head, performed wing fanning, and moved their antennae in skewed circles starting from above their heads downwards.

This view from above encourages women to lean in, not back or downwards.

For sedimentation to be facilitated or hastened, an auxiliary light source from above can be used to create a photophoretic force downwards.

Hanlon thinks the protein may help the squid reflect light downwards to match the intensity of light shining from above, effectively disguising their silhouette from predators below them.

In "Pilgrim's Progress," John Bunyan wrote in 1684 of the man with the muck rake who "could look no way but downwards" and could not see the celestial crown being offered him from above.

From above and below.