Sentence examples for downfall a few from inspiring English sources

Unfortunately for them, it was one of the causes of their downfall a few months later.

But there was more than an element of schadenfreude in the whispers about his drinking, which led to his downfall a few months after the party's greatest electoral success.

Ivory Coast responded when Serge Aurier's cross almost sneaked in at the near post before being punched away by keeper David Ospina but the Elephants were the architects of their own downfall a few moments later.

I hope the downfall of a few "dry cleaners and pet stores" does not spell the end for the Second Avenue subway.

One of the City's most powerful investment banks is advising its clients to prepare for Theresa May's downfall within a few months and to expect another general election within a year.

Second, absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence, as in the case of Taleb's (2012) turkeys being fat, flourishing and untroubled by any grounds for downfall, until a few days before Thanksgiving.

Where apps are our salvation to some, to others they are invariably our downfall, with a few people left considering the actual material circumstances that influence their creation.

SEX, or more particularly, being discovered illicitly enjoying it outside marriage, has been the downfall of quite a few British politicians.

For instance, when "Downfall" opened, last fall, a few journalists in the Federal Republic wondered aloud whether the "human" treatment of Hitler might not inadvertently aid the neo-Nazi movement.

Some even suggest pressure can lead to regime change, failing to see the contradiction in warning about Iran's rising influence while predicting Tehran's downfall if only a few more sanctions are imposed.

This time Mary-Louise Parker (a Tony winner in 2001 for her role in "Proof") will play the frustrated newlywed whose need to control those around her leads to a few downfalls, including her own.