downfall

Example Sentences

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He said he was a "strong supporter" of the BBC and that Davie was "a supreme talent", but that the outgoing director general had "a blind spot on editorial failings" that led to his downfall.

From BBC

Sextus Pompey spent his life warring with Julius Caesar in an attempt to avenge his father’s downfall and death.

From Washington Times

Many Germans relocated to Argentina in the years before and after World War II, including a number of Nazis who fled Europe amid Adolf Hitler’s downfall.

From New York Times

The downfall is trying to keep that distance over your opponent when you are ahead.

From BBC

The rise and downfall of a predatory grifter who was responsible for the Ku Klux Klan’s ascent to power in the 1920s.

From Washington Post