descent into
Frequency: 6.99.8 per million words
Often used figuratively to describe a decline into a negative state (e.g., madness, chaos).
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- The story chronicles his slow descent into alcoholism after losing his job.
- The film depicts the country's rapid descent into chaos following the coup.
- Many were horrified by her tragic descent into madness.
- The economic crisis precipitated the community's descent into deep poverty.
- Historians analyze the factors that led to the empire's descent into anarchy.
- The novel's protagonist begins a slow descent into despair.
- Without intervention, we may witness the nation's descent into civil war.
- The book is a warning about society's potential descent into totalitarianism.
- It was painful to watch his personal descent into gambling addiction.
- The play explores a character's moral descent into corruption and betrayal.