Sentence examples for brought their downfall from inspiring English sources
Their stories implied that the self-indulgent Lydians -- the men, it was said, wore earrings and fancy tunics -- had grown soft and brought their downfall on themselves.
In their new world there would be no need for the migrant-labor systems that had brought their downfall.
Some people say he wanted to reform but his father's generals and intelligence officials, along with his mother, convinced him that reforms would bring their downfall.
The player who brought about their downfall was Elliott Ward, a half-time substitute for Aron Gunnarsson, who scored the only goal with a header from Daniel Fox's corner.
Aristotle defined it in his Poetics as a missing of the mark, an error of judgment in a protagonist that brings about their downfall.
Would Keys and Gray, for 20 years the bullish football face of Rupert Murdoch's Sky Sports, address head-on the comments about referee's assistant Sian Massey that brought about their own downfall?
His excesses brought his downfall by military coup Colombia's first in the 20th century.
The only frenetic aspect of Hamilton-Brown's play was his running between the wickets, which brought his downfall.
One bouncer from Harmison might have brought his downfall as he hooked and caught the ball on the toe end.
But just as his political acumen allowed him to pass legislation at home, it was his political hubris that brought his downfall internationally.
