Sentences with phrase «ignominious fall»

That, in essence, is the scene Bruce Levine presents in The Fall of the House of Dixie as he traces the smug rise and ignominious fall of the Confederacy in America's Civil War.

Characters often stare right into the lens in I, Tonya, a clamorous, dumb recounting of the bleak life and ignominious fall of figure skater Tonya Harding, whose career ended in 1994 after her alleged involvement in an attack on fellow ice athlete Nancy Kerrigan.

While the initial sweep seemed focused on Xherdan Shaqiri, football pundits have turned their attention towards Manchester United winger Memphis Depay, one of the many disappointments culpable in United's ignominious fall to mediocrity, a much deserved fall depending on one's view.

Few have had a more ignominious fall from grace than England international and Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey.

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European earnings held the ignominious distinction of falling between 2011 and 2016.