Sentence examples for downfall the from inspiring English sources

After all, that was his downfall the first time around.

The source of Hoffman's downfall, the movie suggests, was his own willful naivete.

Then came the spiraling downfall: the costly lawsuits, criminal battles and divorces.

If Cromwell devised the manner of Anne's downfall, the responsibility for it rests squarely with Henry.

On the next deck I find what could be my downfall, the 24-hour buffet.

Diana sees Hirschbiegel a long way away from Downfall, the last days of Hitler biopic that made his name.

Following Suharto's downfall, the country was convulsed by violence: More than 5,000 people died in a vicious war between Christians and Muslims in eastern Indonesia.

As much as rival clubs' supporters, or ones without vested interests, may take a delight in this very public downfall, the overriding sensation is surely one of sadness.

On Napoleon's downfall the Congress of Vienna (1814 15) inaugurated the Restoration, from which the battered House of Habsburg naturally benefitted.

In the end it was that cockiness, that hubris, that lead to their downfall -- the same attitudes that lead to the downfall of all great dynasties.

But its beauty is its downfall - the showy flowers have become popular with locals who have nearly plucked them into extinction.