How to Use downward spiral in a Sentence

downward spiral

noun
  • This is a decades-long downward spiral.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
  • That’s led to a downward spiral.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • My husband has been on a downward spiral for the last five years.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • But both brands were already in a downward spiral.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Even a near no-hitter wasn’t enough to lift the Dodgers out of their downward spiral.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
  • That was the beginning of the whole downward spiral.
    — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Pulling American schools out of this downward spiral will not be easy.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Dean quickly ends up going on a downward spiral and turns to drugs and alcohol as a way to grieve.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • One of those incidents sparked a downward spiral in both their personal lives and their careers on screen.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Waller blamed Theory for their downward spiral.
    — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • For the Clippers, the season went into a downward spiral.
    — Janis Carr, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Two addicts, in love with each other, in love with their dependencies, on a downward spiral.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
  • This moment begins the show’s downward spiral into the absurd.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Then came a downward spiral that followed in the ‘70s and early ‘80s.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Come for the downward spiral of hellish despair, stay for macabre goat Black Phillip and the ominous climax.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Yankner believes this creates a downward spiral.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Those answers never came as the Browns continued their downward spiral.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 19 May 2026
  • That system creates a downward spiral, Hayden said.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The second half explores the downward spiral and the eventual end of a relationship.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026
  • Pareidolia, her latest release, is the singer’s exploration of a downward spiral.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
  • David told me that emotional agility begins with resisting going down that downward spiral.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • More crucially, the program to replace them has for a long time become ensnared in the downward spiral of Boeing.
    — Clive Irving, Vanity Fair, 30 Jan. 2026
  • As the Marlins celebrated, the Yankees tried to make sense of their downward spiral.
    — Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Among the positives, Cronenworth reversed what had been a downward spiral against left-handed pitching.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The downward spiral will accelerate, and the damage may become irreversible.
    — Randy Linville, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
  • One side story, of a former pro athlete caught in a downward spiral of violence, addiction, and ill health, feels incongruously grim.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
  • This framing suggests a downward spiral, even though the underlying data doesn’t support such a catastrophic feedback loop.
    — John L. Gittleman, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.
    — CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Leicester City’s downward spiral continues.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The currency's downward spiral pushed up inflation, increasing the cost of food and other daily necessities.
    — Elena Becatoros, Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026

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