By 1960, when Dover started slipping into decline because of the disappearance of manufacturing jobs, the town had 15,000 residents.
Our great city is not on the verge of collapse — we are not Detroit — but it is in danger of slipping into decline.
From a height of tremendous, world-conquering potential, the dynasty slipped into decline until 1911, when the last Qing emperor, who was also the last Chinese emperor, left the Forbidden City and its kingdom of collectibles behind.
Although there are those who feel that food in Japan is slipping into decline, cooks like Ms. Kurihara, who incorporate modern and global flavors without stooping to fast food, earn both worship and respect.
Although the analyst noted that smartphone markets in India and China both slipped into decline in the quarter.
From the 18th century onwards, Farleigh Hungerford Castle slipped into decline.
After the Canal opened in 1914 Valparaíso slipped into decline and until the 1990s, drug dealers had their run of even the nicest part of town.
The piece glitters from a distance drawing the viewer in to intimate but broken scenes of a Harlem that was once a bustling bedrock for the black community only to slip into economic decline over decades.
Franklin Roosevelt flirted with fiscal discipline midway through the New Deal, and the country slipped back into decline.
Those adjustments, coming in quick succession, underscore just how shaky the financial outlook is as profits on Wall Street drop and the housing market slips further into decline.
