Downslide

The "downslide" is much easier than the sugar crash. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And they've talked openly how his departure, Bill Berry's departure in 1997, really was the kind of downslide, the beginning of the end, in terms of this most recent era of not so greatness in the R.E.M. department. ❋ Unknown (2008)

By the time Arthur Penn became a household name roughly a decade later, Curtis was embarking on a downslide, due to a combination of bad career choices and a rocky domestic front marked by an excess of most everything -- including, just perhaps, ego. ❋ John Farr (2010)

It's not all good news, but it's a small upside to the downslide. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Swift's blockbuster sales come at a crucial time for the industry, which has continued its sales downslide this year with dismal numbers. ❋ AP (2010)

Under Mr. Byrnes, the Diamondbacks won the National League West title in 2007 and reached the National League Championship Series before beginning a steady downslide that precipitated Mr. Byrnes 'firing. ❋ Mike Sielski (2010)

Plus, it seems that violence in general has been on the downslide as the world tends towards greater civilization. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The economic downslide did not happen on Jan 20, 2009. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not to absolve our Republican governors for some responsibility in our state's downslide. ❋ Unknown (2011)

My years of studying the best research on early learning makes it clear that we will not be able to reverse the downslide we are facing without intentionally promoting such life skills as "taking on challenges," "focus and self control," and "perspective taking" from children's earliest days. ❋ Ellen Galinsky (2010)

[Aubree]: Grayson got a [full ride] to [Lehigh], then got kicked out for doing pot. Then he got a full ride to NYU and then got kicked out for stealing. Harper: Wow, that's impressive but he's on a full downslide. ❋ College Kickout (2012)