Sentence examples for downfall big from inspiring English sources
The trades at the center of MF Global's downfall — big bets on the debt of five European countries — may yet prove profitable.
His fear of exams was his big downfall: he would clam up and be unable even to write.
Still, the collapse has been remarkable to watch, not least because it represents such a big downfall for the private-equity firms involved in the 2007 buyout.
I mean, I think that can be a big downfall, truthfully, because e-mails can really come across not the way that they're supposed to.
This is partly because Grasso's downfall became such big news.
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.
"Very disappointing and we are the same as any football club that we want a run in the FA Cup but we contributed to our own downfall in a big way and that hurts".
"[But] the big downfall for Saffron Lane was that it didn't have a roof and when it rains you can't ride a wooden track, it was as simple as that".
Note: I will say the big downfall of these shows is that they are set in suburbs with almost entirely white characters.
"He's done a good job on the war against terrorism," said Keola Whittaker, 23, a debate coach at Whitman College who calls himself a liberal Republican, "but his biggest downfall domestically is that he ignores the environment".
