decline and fall
Example Sentences
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The historian who writes about decline and fall will dwell on the misdeeds of statesmen; the novelist focuses on family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
The differences between mules and donkeys are illuminated here, as are the decline and fall of pack animals in the armed forces and the poignancy of a young girl's devotion to her homing pigeons.
From Scientific American • Oct. 31, 2021
Speaking from the Colosseum in Rome, he invoked the collapse of the Roman Empire as he said the world was "absolutely conniving in our decline and fall".
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2021
Unscripted television might not represent the total decline and fall of civilization but, at the very least, much of it provides compelling evidence that we may be collectively tumbling into a depression.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2019
For the price of a modest meal you can ponder the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the origin of species, the interpretation of dreams, the nature of things.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
