downfall
Example Sentences
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Hehir told the Metro: "I'm not a guy who attacks people, but I will defend people in trouble, which has unfortunately proved to be my downfall."
From BBC
It’s also illogical: Why should we mourn the downfall of such a system?
She won a 2017 Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, or Sabew, award for her coverage of the retail industry in crisis, including a series of stories about the downfall of Sears.
In the end, it was an escalation in the junta's conflict with ethnic armies that led to the downfall of the mafia in Laukkaing.
From BBC
Li’s own downfall began in 2023, when he disappeared from public view and was later removed as defense minister.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
