How to Use downfall in a Sentence

downfall

noun

• Their downfall was the result of several bad decisions.
• Bad decision-making was their downfall.
• But Take Note The only downfall is the size of the tube.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024
• Some have gone as far as to call for the regime’s downfall.
  — Bobby Miller, National Review, 7 Oct. 2022
• Mordred is best known for his role in the downfall of King Arthur.
  — Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 15 July 2024
• Its downfall is the brioche, which ended up soggy and mushed in the bag.
  — Amanda Finnegan, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• Ye’s downfall has taken a turn to the deplorable and sad.
  — Vulture, 30 Dec. 2022
• The downfall of the Tigers began in the first inning, when Manning and Ibáñez teamed up to let the Rays take a 3-0 lead.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023
• The final season could have been all about the Last Alliance and the downfall of Sauron.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
• And some of them may be critical enough to lead to their downfall.
  — Yec, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• But others fear the new building will be the downfall of the largest art museum in the West.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
• The final minute was Xavier's downfall in a 69-68 Marquette win.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2023
• In a year where so many lamented the creative downfall of rap, Ganger came along to prove all of them wrong.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 19 Dec. 2023
• That’s a downfall for the current glut of social-justice docs.
  — Armond White, National Review, 23 June 2023
• The Falcons don’t prevent big plays very well, and that’s going to be their downfall.
  — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
• The scandal that brought his downfall wasn’t Johnson’s first.
  — Garret Martin, The Conversation, 7 July 2022
• The crash signaled the start of the Great Depression, which led to the downfall of his presidency.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
• His downfall came when he was convicted for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
• But all the little things that seem to always get revealed in big games were Xavier’s downfall.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2022
• The series, like the book, delves into the rise of the popular all-male strip club for women and the downfall of its owner.
  — Shannon Carlin, Time, 23 Nov. 2022
• That’s just a little bit of a downfall of being a part-time and regional guy.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2022
• As the moon and Jupiter clash, overconfidence can be your downfall!
  — USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
• Some of the arguments that McCarthy’s downfall was the fault of Democrats seem to have been lodged from Cloudcuckooland.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
• That anonymity may have contributed to the sport’s downfall at Howard.
  — Kim O'Connell, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022
• Don’t let poor behavior be your downfall or lead to loss.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• The downfall of the dictatorship in Tehran would be a particular boon — to the whole world.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
• In Greek tragedy, that is called hubris, or excessive pride, and will inevitably lead to one’s downfall.
  — Dallas News, 25 Dec. 2022
• But the Vietnam War and his ego were Johnson's downfall, Harris said.
  — Russell Contreras, Axios, 24 Nov. 2024
• That produced the June 27 debate that set Biden’s downfall in motion.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick, Fortune, 22 July 2024
• Yet, the moral implications of the franchise weren’t its downfall.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024