Sentence examples for a downfall to from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a downfall to" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It can be used when discussing a negative consequence or disadvantage associated with something.
Example: "The new policy has a downfall to its implementation, as it may lead to increased confusion among employees."
Alternatives: "a drawback to" or "a disadvantage of".

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Over all, almost every player has a downfall; to me he doesn't have one.

There is a downfall to the pasture-raised turkey: the steep price tag.

There is a downfall to this.

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A big downfall to investing in gold is that the precious metal doesn't offer the same return potential that equities do particularly in a recovery environment as the current market is eagerly awaiting.

A big downfall to investing in gold is that the precious metal doesn't offer the same return potential that equities do--particularly in a recovery environment as the current market is eagerly awaiting.

Without your gift, Kalamazoo may have swirled into a downfall, similar to many of the other cities in Michigan.

He was not always a master of diplomacy as when he dismissed "Old Europe"—but he nevertheless cheered up a demoralised country.It ties his downfall to "a single strategic error":Mr Rumsfeld wanted to use Iraq to test his theory of "light" warfare the ability of a small high-tech army to topple a regime.

And while the poll tax may be beyond the memory of most active politicians (the infamous riot that sounded its death knell took place 24 years ago this week) its consequences live on, from a contributory role in Mrs Thatcher's downfall to a massive and damaging centralisation of funding for local councils.

Brown, meanwhile, appears to have been the master of his own downfall to a certain extent.

The film ultimately ascribes Mr. Abramoff's downfall to a fatal mixture of zealotry and the kind of hubris and contempt that led him to dismiss the Indians he victimized with the phrase "stupid people get wiped out".

Besides, it's kind of ridiculous to lament the death of modesty in America, while at least partially attributing its downfall to a best-selling women's erotica book, when men have been ogling copies of Playboy, Hustler and Penthouse from the racks of every party store and newsstand since Albom was a lad.

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