downslide

Example Sentences

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Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt was on the downslide in 2011.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

And it almost wasn’t enough to get past a bad Chicago team on the downslide that was mostly outplayed, but still came a hit goal post away from tying things late.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

"We have seen civility really downslide here," he said.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2021

Her husband is still working construction in Tucson, but he’s afraid that if the economic downslide continues, he could lose his job too.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2020

However, severe ethnic violence, the closing of key business enterprises, and an empty government treasury have led to a continuing economic downslide.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency