Sentence examples for spiral of fear from inspiring English sources

Two weeks later her mother died, sending Ms. Cook, then 19, into a downward spiral of fear and grief - tempered with anger at having been told the truth so late in the game.

"You could fix all the problems in the financial system and we'd still spiral down because of the problem of expectations," said Joe Cortright, an economist at a Portland-based consulting group, Impresa Inc. Portland, a metropolitan area of 2.2 million people, affords an ideal window onto the spiral of fear and diminished expectations assailing the economy.

Left untreated, this anxiety-related agitation in the elderly can disrupt sleep and eating, exacerbate chronic medical conditions, and ultimately contribute to a downward spiral of fear and isolation.

"Governor Brewer caved to the radical fringe," a statement by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund said, predicting that the law would create "a spiral of pervasive fear, community distrust, increased crime and costly litigation, with nationwide repercussions".

Everything that seemed solid and certain is thrown down and shattered, the family plunged into a spiral of shock, fear, and loss.

Our hubris has blinded us to the inconvenient truth: Our American way of life has taken us into a descending spiral of hate, fear and despair.

The chronic condition of pain without a clear physiological explanation often entails a downward spiral of pain, fear of pain and avoidance behavior, fatigue and depressive symptoms, which makes behavior change extremely challenging [ 1].

If I didn't have the benzos to numb the pain and trauma, I believed I wouldn't be able to function—I went into a spiraling hole of fear and wasn't able to leave my house.

That same attitude brought a rising spiral of violence and fear, of riots and arson and bombings, all in the name of peace and in the name of justice. . . .

A wide network of partners needs to come forward immediately and provide concrete action if we want to create a path that will lead children and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean out of this spiral of death and fear".

One voice last week contrasted with the easing of European existential anxiety: The International Monetary Fund said the Union's policy response remained "critically incomplete, exposing the euro area to a downward spiral of capital flight, breakup fears and economic decline".