Sentence examples for a destructive pattern from inspiring English sources

His brother's death there started a destructive pattern.

But the continual yearning, rejoicing and mourning, a destructive pattern worse than death, demands emotional distance.

The battle has also come to epitomize a destructive pattern repeated across Japan's economy.

They started seeing each other but quickly fell into a destructive pattern.

The result is when scandal erupts, company managers usually fall into a destructive pattern of decision making.

Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a Republican, called it a "stunning, shortsighted move," adding that it was "the latest in a destructive pattern of hostility" displayed by the Obama administration toward the energy industry in the state.

A particularly destructive pattern would occur when the group made a decision like firing a poor performer.

Make choices that are purely focused on what we want and what we need, and it turns into a viciously destructive pattern.

Following "Always Crashing in the Same Car," with its nod to being trapped inside an inescapable destructive pattern, side two kicks off with "A New Career in a New Town," suggesting an optimistic transition.

The results obtained in the present study indicate that bone microarchitecture at the tibial epiphysis in a rat with RA adopts a generally resorptive, ie, destructive, pattern over time.

Mr. Joel's song describes an articulate couple's inability to alter the destructive pattern of a troubled relationship even after airing all their grievances.