degringolade

Godwin especially was a running sore both now and later on; the philosopher was at the beginning of that shabby 'degringolade' which was to end in the ruin of his self-respect.

Shelley Sydney Waterlow 1911

No doubt there are some nits to pick with the seeming inevitability of their theme, given the degringolade in 2006, but look how much the 1946 election changed the large-scale momentum of American politics.

Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2006

We're all going to wear our Serious Face today, and discuss the degringolade that was the GURPS Infinite Worlds writing process, and I use the term "process" solely for the hollow laughter it will invoke in hackard.

Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2004

At Rome, in the keenest time of her degringolade, when there was gambling even in the holy temples, great ladies (does not Lucian tell us?) did not scruple to squander all they had upon unguents from

The Works of Max Beerbohm Max Beerbohm 1914

As she sat in the box looking on at this gross impertinence, she seemed to herself to be watching herself after a long/degringolade/, which had brought her, not to the gutter, but to the smart restaurant, the smart music-hall, the smart night club; the smart everything else that is beyond the borderland of even a lax society.

The Woman with the Fan Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

The stock market goes up, or goes down, but the economic degringolade continues.

FrontPage Magazine 2010

The stock market goes up, or goes down, but the economic degringolade continues.

Jihad Monitor 2010

The stock market goes up, or goes down, but the economic degringolade continues.

Latest Articles 2010

First, in 10 years, in the US and the UK, almost all the dwellings caught up in the sub-prime mortgage degringolade will be worth more in real terms than they are now.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

The Tories ought to provide both an historical account of the degringolade and a sketch of the escape route.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009