Downward in example sentence

And what happens is that as we turn increasingly to rules, rules and incentives may make things better in the short run, but they create a downward spiral that makes them worse in the long run.

More example sentences with word downward

But the more we learn about aging, the clearer it becomes that a sweeping downward course is grossly inaccurate.

I mean, you know, it was interesting, because I spent basically two years hanging out in this city, Dongguan, and over that time, you could see immense change in every person's life: upward, downward, sideways, but generally upward.

That last downward notch in the red line is not actual data.

The record is always trending downward, but it's punctuated by these steep cliffs.

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