Sentence examples for downfall slightly from inspiring English sources

It was a masterful portrait of the man and of his rise and downfall – slightly let down by an unnecessarily self-aggrandising voiceover: at one point the speaker intoned, in his effortfully gravelly manner, "The men who went [to accept Gaddafi's offer to train terrorists] are reluctant to talk.

It's not the outlandish plot that intrigues me, but the way in which Handel presents this woman who begins the opera already slightly unhinged by her grief, and sculpts her downfall into one of the greatest scenes of madness ever written, yet never once resorting to caricature.

By the end, Europe had driven her slightly mad – it has that effect on people – and contributed to her downfall.

The two films show what could, only slightly facetiously, be called the "Palm Sunday" and "Good Friday" parts of his life story: victory and downfall.

Downfall 125.

That was my downfall".

A political downfall.

That was our downfall.

"Drugs were his downfall".

Tells about his recent downfall.

Tubing was my downfall.