How to Use downslide in a Sentence

downslide

noun
  • Careers go up and down, and mine was on a bit of a downslide at that point.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 July 2024
  • 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
  • The offensive side of his game is on a noticeable downslide, though.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • That downslide came on the heels of a more than 60% decline Thursday.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Johnson's medical downslide started with a small twitch in her eye.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Housing has been a major concern as construction was on the downslide through the spring.
    — Sarah Chaney, WSJ, 19 July 2017
  • Snow White’s opening weekend box office projections have been on a downslide for the past month.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • During Portland's recent downslide, the defense has had some struggles.
    — OregonLive.com, 28 May 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Norman Powell has visibly slowed a step this season and has been turning the ball over at an alarming rate and will be on the downslide.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Tim Lammers Snow White’s opening weekend projection has been on the downslide for about a month.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • And there’s the mirrored presumption of an inevitable downslide into violence and barbarism.
    — Kelly McClure, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Calipari, meanwhile, was seen as being on the downslide of his career after how things ended in Lexington.
    — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The Rise of America points out factors that indicate the dollar is on the upswing, not a downslide.
    — Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • Solar action should start to ease, however, with the 11-year solar cycle finally on the downslide.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Despite the downslide, Blazers coach Chauncey Billiups says the team has remained engaged and focused.
    — oregonlive, 24 Nov. 2022
  • This downslide amplifies an economic correction in the live space, following a years-long explosion of business post-Covid.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
  • TechCrunch’s recent bombshell report shows that VC funding for Black entrepreneurs is on a continual downslide.
    — Essence, 15 Oct. 2019
  • On the Line stars Gibson as Elvis Cooney, a veteran overnight radio shock jock whose being urged by management to change his ways since his career is on the downslide.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • Only that will prevent this national disappointment from becoming a perpetual downslide.
    — Luke Kerr-Dineen, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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