Sentence examples for downfall it. from inspiring English sources

Joseph argues that the party's embrace of cross-racial class struggle was central to its downfall: "It got us wiped out, like Dr King and Malcolm X – they were both assassinated at the point that they were both talking about capitalism, class struggle, and all people coming together".

The basketball team from Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities also remains intact, although since its namesake's spectacular downfall, it has been playing under the less conspicuous moniker BLM.

When the FSA finally got around to investigating its own part in the Rock's downfall, it was a catalogue of errors and omissions.

He did die as the last of his coaching generation, although Tim Keown of ESPN.com writes that if we learned anything from Paterno's downfall, it's that the reality of that generation is nowhere near its mythical image.

If any team could be said to have contributed to their own downfall, it was Blackpool, at home to Ipswich.

They have power and pace all over the field, but if one man can plot their downfall it is Hull coach John Kear.

This was in response to RBS's disastrous £50 billion acquisition of Dutch lender ABN Amro, which stretched its resources and was a major factor in its downfall, leaving it more than 80% owned by the taxpayer.

Is our species' hubris in crafting AI systems ultimately going be to blamed for its downfall when it occurs?

And if he indulges in sex, it marks his downfall, as it did, so legend tells us, with Merlin, the tradition's first wizard, who is seduced by one of the Lady of the Lake's minions.

But Cumbernauld town centre's famed "flexibility" was also its architectural downfall, as it became swamped in generic shopping boxes, obscuring its antiquarian-futurist silhouette.

It was a spectacular downfall, and it actually killed him.