Sentence examples for complete downfall from inspiring English sources

Any move of that sort, given the intense F.B.I. scrutiny he was under, would have resulted in his complete downfall and the destruction of the civil rights movement.

"The early play did not suggest such a complete downfall of the Cardiff City defence, in which Blair reappeared after a long absence.

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I turned out to be my complete and utter downfall.

A strong proponent of the use of cinchona bark in the treatment of malaria, Ramazzini recognized the introduction of this medicament (from which the alkaloid quinine is derived) as a revolutionary event in the history of medicine, completing the downfall of the classic Greek physician Galen's medical theories advocating administration of purgatives in the treatment of disease.

— Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted Friday of sexually abusing young boys, completing the downfall of a onetime local hero in a scandal that shook a proud Pennsylvania community, a prominent American university and the world of major college football.

The historian Lewis Mumford described the rise of the megalopolis as "the last stage in the classical cycle of civilization," which would end with "complete disruption and downfall".

His influence a mere shell of what it was in his heyday of near-complete control — a downfall one West Wing staffer characterized as moving from the enforcer to an afterthought.

To his credit the usually combustible Des Hasler could have unloaded on the referees, who denied his side four tries, but even he could see the Dogs were the architects of their own downfall, completing just 25 of 40 sets.

Facebook's continued financial downfall completes a trifecta of sorts, what system skeptics ZeroHedge are calling the "triangle of IPO terror" that share a common theme of tons of users, questionable product quality and really crappy business models.

His downfall was complete the second that the word 'guilty' resounded in the court.