Sentence examples for downfall from from inspiring English sources

Tragedy, we're always told by the textbooks, involves a downfall from a great height.

Qutaybah met his downfall from supporting a plan to prevent Sulaymān from inheriting the caliph's throne on the death of his brother, ʿAbd al-Walīd.

Flavio Briatore has vowed to get even with the Formula One insiders who engineered his downfall from the position of Renault team principal.

A downfall from two cup finals and qualification for Europe in 1993 to relegation at the end of the decade and almost going down to the Second Division last season.

TOKYO — Carlos Ghosn, the former head of Nissan Motor, slammed the company's management on Tuesday, arguing that the same executives he says engineered his downfall from the top of a vast auto empire are running the Japanese automaker into the ground.

Pop-related paedophilia crops up again on the closing Bad Reputation, which retells the story of Gary Glitter's downfall from the perspective of a member of his backing group, aghast at the effect The Leader's sexual proclivities are having on his own standing.

One thing we do know about downfalls, from watching them in any other arena than sport, is that it never turns out to have been just the one thing.

Knowing that similar companies have sprung up only to fail, Alexander has focused on avoiding potential downfalls from the start.

"Puzzle of a Downfall Child," from 1970, and "The Panic in Needle Park," from 1971, both made in Schatzberg's native New York, are two of the most boldly conceived and realized Hollywood movies of the time.

But Mr. Kleindienst's downfall came from his own words.

Gove's downfall came from opportunism, disloyalty, and an overestimation of his ability to outmanoeuvre Johnson.