Downhill
Downhill noun - A downward slope.
Usage example: most runners will have their best splits on the downhills
Fall
Fall noun - A downward slope.
Usage example: the sharp fall of the land sends rivers rushing to the seas
Both words in one sentence
- This is because life has gone downhill after the fall of dueling and the rise of dice games.
Source: Hey, Let's Put on a Show -
The Atoner: The Reconcilers have as their major agenda making some sort of peace with God and the world, as repayment for sending everything downhill during the Fall.
- For example, to Stendhal (1783-1842), everything went downhill after the fall of Napoleon; Gibbon thought the world went to hell after the death of Marcus Aurelius, in 180 AD.
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