Examples of 'downward spiral' in a sentence

Meaning of "downward spiral"

downward spiral - This phrase refers to a situation or process that is continuously and progressively deteriorating or worsening. It implies a negative trend or decline that is difficult to reverse, often leading to further negative consequences or outcomes
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  • A series of thoughts or actions which feeds back into itself, causing a situation to become progressively worse. It is worse than a vicious circle, which is self-sustaining in its current state.

How to use "downward spiral" in a sentence

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downward spiral
The dangerous downward spiral must end.
Downward spiral into violence and murder.
And they create a downward spiral of doubt.
The downward spiral has already begun.
Liberalism is just a downward spiral to the bottom.
The downward spiral of an unsustainable food system.
Romania has been on a downward spiral in terms ofgrowth.
The downward spiral will continue unabated.
It locks people into a downward spiral of poverty.
This downward spiral will be hard to stop.
Hudson have been in a downward spiral for a while.
A downward spiral that accelerated very quickly.
That is where the downward spiral began.
My downward spiral started when dad died.
It is time to reverse the downward spiral of wages.

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The downward spiral then continued its course.
That sent him into a downward spiral.
He was on a downward spiral of more and more myths.
This is the beginning of a downward spiral for me.
A downward spiral with no end in sight.
Jeff and leslie began a downward spiral.
That path is a downward spiral to spiritual death.
Morale at the factory went into a downward spiral.
Cause fear is a downward spiral that knows no bottom.
To pull themselves out of their downward spiral.
Thus a vicious downward spiral commenced.
Many reasons contribute to this downward spiral.
He then went on a downward spiral and became a homeless drifter.
The last month has been a downward spiral of.
The downward spiral proved unstoppable.
The quality has been on a downward spiral lately.
So began her downward spiral towards an eating disorder.
I think they hit like a downward spiral.
This downward spiral is like that.
This will reinforce the downward spiral.
A downward spiral we do not want to promote.
This is a vicious cycle and a downward spiral.
Driven into a downward spiral by all of us.
It is so easy to slip into this downward spiral.
I felt like we were in a downward spiral that was never going to end.
The urban communities are in a dangerous downward spiral.
Heard he was in a downward spiral with booze.
Politeness and respect seem to be on a downward spiral.
I realized that in my downward spiral of hopelessness.
A downward spiral for you perhaps.
The key to unraveling this downward spiral is us.
A downward spiral would soon follow.
Stock markets continue their downward spiral.
This begins a downward spiral of forgetting.
America has entered an irreversible downward spiral.

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