downfall

Example Sentences

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After the airstrikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian-Canadian Salar Gholami went to a rally in a Toronto suburb to celebrate the downfall of a leader he fiercely opposed.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Still, the post-Oscar slump exists nonetheless, fueled by a world that enjoys building people up before laughing at their downfall.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

The conviction caps the downfall of Tal and Oren, the high-flying real-estate agents who once brokered some of the country’s priciest transactions in New York, Aspen and Miami.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

They’ll get into the psychodrama of Kit Harrington’s Henry Muck, the thrilling parallels to real world stories, the tragic downfall of Eric Tao, and more.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

Degeneracy, rather than signaling the downfall of a society, as it once did, will now signal peace for a troubled world.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole