Example Sentences

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One detective told the BBC the couple had "spiralled downwards" into a belief system that drove them "into the ground".

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024

One parent, who did not want to be named, said he worried complaints had spiralled out of hand.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023

The building was three years late and the cost had spiralled to £414m, more than 10 times the original 1997 estimate.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2020

After the budget had spiralled out of control on 2001: A Space Odyssey, he wanted to show the industry he could make a small-budget film.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2019

At six of the clock they had spiralled once.

From Nonsense Novels by Leacock, Stephen