How to Use downslide in a Sentence

downslide

noun

• The good news is the Delta variant seems to be on the downslide, at least for now.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn and Anneken Tappe, CNN, 31 Oct. 2021
• With the recent downslide, Portland has completely lost the advantage the club gained by a strong start to the year.
  — OregonLive.com, 28 May 2017
• Housing has been a major concern as construction was on the downslide through the spring.
  — Sarah Chaney, WSJ, 19 July 2017
• The Rise of America points out factors that indicate the dollar is on the upswing, not a downslide.
  — Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• Le Pen still won a record of nearly 11 million votes and the National Front still remains a force in France, despite the fact that the party seems to be on the downslide.
  — Clio Chang, New Republic, 9 June 2017
• Johnson's medical downslide started with a small twitch in her eye.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Sep. 2021
• But no sooner had the measurement of time been invented that the downslide of the new gauge became apparent.
  — Ted Mico, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• Despite the downslide, Blazers coach Chauncey Billiups says the team has remained engaged and focused.
  — oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2022
• During Portland's recent downslide, the defense has had some struggles.
  — OregonLive.com, 28 May 2017
• Democracy in Central America appears to be on the downslide.
  — Cindy Carcamostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2022
• Since 1913, when the Fed was created, the greenback has only lost value, and the downslide has accelerated even further in the decades following the end of the gold standard.
  — Frank Holmes, Forbes, 2 May 2022
• And there’s the mirrored presumption of an inevitable downslide into violence and barbarism.
  — Kelly McClure, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
• TechCrunch’s recent bombshell report shows that VC funding for Black entrepreneurs is on a continual downslide.
  — Essence, 15 Oct. 2019
• There’s trouble in paradise: Hutton is unfaithful, distant and on a steep financial downslide.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2016
• Fashion Month’s spring 2023 season turned out to be a disappointing downslide in plus-size representation on the runways.
  — Dominique Norman, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2023
• Louisville throttled Miami 31-7 — starting a downslide that culminated with coach Larry Coker's firing at the end of the season.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2017
• On paper, there are more democratic countries and elected leaders in the world than ever, yet several indexes show a clear downslide in the practice of democracy overall.
  — Angela Dewan, CNN, 28 Dec. 2019
• This is a legitimate worry because more and more members of the African-American middle class are finding themselves in an economic downslide, with little hope that the next generation will earn more than the one before.
  — Salamishah Tillet, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2017
• Only that will prevent this national disappointment from becoming a perpetual downslide.
  — Luke Kerr-Dineen, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 8 Aug 2024