How to Use downfall in a Sentence

downfall

noun

• Their downfall was the result of several bad decisions.
• Bad decision-making was their downfall.
• So that there's one downfall from it.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
• Turnovers have been the team’s downfall.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
• Its fame is also in many ways its downfall.
  — Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• That was a little bit of the downfall.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
• The very pride in their power can lead to their downfall.
  — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
• His downfall was as sudden as an avalanche.
  — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
• Nvidia's post-earnings downfall was very short lived.
  — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
• That openness can be his downfall.
  — Brody Miller, New York Times, 19 June 2026
• And that often is their downfall.
  — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
• My youth was my downfall, my sin love, and the go-between a snowy day.
  — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
• And some of them may be critical enough to lead to their downfall.
  — Yec, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• But turns out, its downfall had a lot more behind it than just the ebb and flow of trends.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2021
• Their downfall has been fouling.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
• Its downfall is the brioche, which ended up soggy and mushed in the bag.
  — Amanda Finnegan, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• Armstrong has since said that this return led to his downfall.
  — Emily Krauser, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
• Sometimes a great strength can also be the source of a cliff-dive downfall.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 July 2025
• Gabriel did show flashes of brilliance, but his downfall was the two turnovers.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
• But the scandal, the downfall, the loss of the job — all of that is unfair.
  — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
• And in retrospect, that kind of was my downfall.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
• That’s always been my downfall, loving them too much.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
• The idea isn't just to name and shame their scalps, but also to profit from their downfall.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2021
• Have a mimosa and toast to the downfall of crappy men in music!
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 30 May 2025
• Mordred is best known for his role in the downfall of King Arthur.
  — Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 15 July 2024
• In the end, pitching was their downfall against the Blue Jays.
  — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• There is little discussion of the abuse that led to his downfall.
  — New York Times, 18 July 2021
• Buzz is unlike anything else on the market and that may have been its downfall.
  — Charles Singh, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
• Warmer weather followed the downfall, and the snow has melted quite a bit.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2021
• But the Eagles’ success with threes might have been their downfall.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026