Sentence examples for descending spiral from inspiring English sources

The result appears to be a descending spiral, in which the crackdown is draining away much of the good will that remains.

One with skewed windows and doors in a descending spiral of abutted panels could be a Modernist set for "Alice in Wonderland".

And after circling three times in a descending spiral over the mountain the aeroplane came to the ground at a distance which Mr Leeming puts at 20 or 30 yards from the edge of the Striding Edge precipice.

The crack Forbes.com flight crew couldn't find a way to force the Lancair into a spin or steep descending spiral.

Given the draconian performance review system, sometimes called "stack ranking," employees are afraid to do anything other than play palace politics in a descending spiral of shooting down each other's projects.

The descending spiral saw the Hatters go into administration on three separate occasions and rack up deductions totalling 40 points for financial irregularities, as they tumbled three divisions from the Championship to the Blue Square Bet Premier, where they have remained since 2009, in consecutive seasons.

Descending the spiral staircase he noticed layers of names written, carved or in lipstick, on the walls.

This playground was designed for children of all abilities, and the Nemcatacoa stilt walkers showed no difficulty navigating its wobbly bridges or descending its spiral slides.

In his memoir, "A Different Person," he reflected on societal attitudes toward homosexuality, describing "the classic account of Sarah Bernhardt descending a spiral staircase -- she stood still and it revolved about her".

Down, too, came the coffee in Safari-pattern demitasses, the Champagne in crystal flutes, tray after tray of enticements descending a spiral stair, as Hermes opened its long-awaited store at 691 Madison Avenue on Wednesday.

Gracefully descending a spiral staircase to the stark clanging of bells, glamorous in full hair, snug skirts and heavy eyeliner, the women of "Nine" appear to be but a beautiful blur of black and white swirling around Antonio Banderas, the only grown man in the production.