All signs would tend to point to a downward-sloping trend.    From Wordnik.com.  [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference

Don is basically describing a downward-sloping supply curve ... right?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buy Global, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Yeah, you could say that rain is the cause or the downward-sloping terrain?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cry Panic!, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

She shoved Nyssa toward the downward-sloping branch that lead to the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

I'm not entirely convinced that hysteria has a downward-sloping demand curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Idolatry in a Free Society, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

JH writes: "Don is basically describing a downward-sloping supply curve ... right?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Buy Global, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

The qawHaqhoch led the away team through a series of winding, downward-sloping tunnels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star Trek: Voyager®: Full Circle] Reference

Once the initial downward-sloping trend line is drawn, the bottom is a simple duplicate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fx Mr | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference

Instead, he switches to the modest position that "to be rational is to have a downward-sloping demand curve.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Best... Compliment... Ever, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

The downward-sloping floor of the tunnel had been worn smooth by centuries of running water and sandaled feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Triumph of Souls]

Long Park started staking out spots around 5pm, with everyone setting up chairs and blankets on a downward-sloping valley.    From Wordnik.com.  [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference

If you are familiar with the normal, downward-sloping population curve of industrial societies, you will understand my point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Libertarians and the Old Right « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference

As he tooka another step back, the floor fell away and the back wall swung up to reveal a brightly lit, downward-sloping ramp.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mocking Program]

Like the descending staircases earlier, each aqueduct bridge featured guttered edges and downward-sloping steps, only they were not as steep.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS] Reference

After twenty feet of crawling across the gently downward-sloping surface, I reached the fax side of the ridge and stretched down with the probe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ice Station Zebra]

In short, buying real estate, even in a downward-sloping market, can be an excellent investment opportunity through a tax-free or tax-deferred IRA or 401k.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retiring With Real Estate] Reference

Also, China is poised to move along the downward-sloping part of the environmental Kuznets curve – where people demand better environmental quality as incomes rise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Could Resources Become] Reference

A downward-sloping corridor opened into a great square chamber, thirty paces on a side, with softly-gleaming canescent walls that were all of one piece, without join.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan The Victorious]

The downward-sloping curve of your weight, the upward-sloping curve of your savings — for some folks, visual cues to success are understandably addictive and motivating.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top 10 Mind Hacks For Making Your Resolutions Stick | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

Comment: Strong steady gains as we break above the downward-sloping.    From Wordnik.com.  [FXstreet.com] Reference

Comment: Consolidating in a little 'triangle' below the downward-sloping.    From Wordnik.com.  [FXstreet.com] Reference

Doesn't the downward-sloping front end remind you a bit of a Ferrari 599?.    From Wordnik.com.  [iToot Stream] Reference

Many, though not all, have broken out above their downward-sloping trendline.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

I guess I could've put a trend line on it, but it clearly would've been downward-sloping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rush The Court] Reference

Comment: Working within a downward-sloping 'wedge' formation with a small 'hammer' candle yesterday.    From Wordnik.com.  [FXstreet.com] Reference

Still hovering just above the lower edge of the downward-sloping 'wedge' formation and likely to do so again today.    From Wordnik.com.  [FXstreet.com] Reference

Make a left out of the elevator and walk to the end of the hall, where a downward-sloping ramp will lead you into the CVC.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home/News] Reference

Other design features include a downward-sloping roofline, side vents in the front fenders, rocker panel moldings and standard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Car Connection] Reference

Two miles of downward-sloping land lay between the stile whereon he had brooded and the home that his plottings were to disturb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once Aboard the Lugger] Reference

The downward-sloping diagonal trendline has now been penetrated, and we're seeing a backwards-bounce off of this line recorded yesterday.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

It’s curious that conservative economists and pundits can always tell that we are on the downward-sloping part of the Laffer Curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Who, Indeed?] Reference

Giffen good), the demand curve is downward-sloping, with decreasing quantities demanded as the price increases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]

4,777-square-foot house on a vacant, downward-sloping lot across the street from Gdowski's home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Breeze Most Viewed] Reference

This, too, will be downward-sloping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Effect of Unions, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

He’s confronted by a long downward-sloping shaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seven Deadly Wonders] Reference

Even two-year-olds have downward-sloping demand curves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Best... Compliment... Ever, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference