Sentence examples for was its downfall from inspiring English sources

Eventually the success of the dish was its downfall: the sheer frequency with which she served it each summer consigned this version, too, to the culinary cliché bin.

It's unlikely that the movie's less progressive conception was its downfall in the eyes of the Academy, which has been criticized for favoring the narratives of those with power to those without it (lest we forget #OscarsSoWhite).

Prohibition was its downfall.

Perhaps that was its downfall.

Nevertheless, overreliance on models was its downfall.

In the World Cup, Brazil's lack of unity was its downfall.

But I'm sure me being on it would be its downfall.

The combination of high technical quality with cultural specificity could be what makes "Metegol" an international hit with a public bored of homogenized fare, or it could be its downfall; Hollywood has dominated the film world for so long that American culture is the one foreign audiences most easily absorb.

That may have been its downfall with the critics, who were not always kind, and it certainly didn't help the movie's box office, which failed to meet expectations of a giant, Dark Knight-style haul.

That will be its downfall," he said.

In short, he believed the feminization of Europe had been its downfall.