Spiralling

Things seem to be spiralling out of control for Tom. His friends agree that he has hit rock bottom.

Sami's world started spiralling down.

Sami found himself spiralling out of control.

Mennad was spiralling downhill.

We see in nature the cycling or spiralling of things. Subsequently, we can surmise that a being may have such cycling or spiralling of life and death by some element, soul or consciousness stream, of that being. My father, before his death, told me that he would be reborn through "mind" transmigration in a new body, a baby, in a different world, "planet," he clarified. There, he would live a new life. Everywhere in nature, there is cycling or spiralling.

South Sudan dowry prices are spiralling out of control, critics say, and now girls are complaining that the high price their families can get for marrying them off is encouraging their parents to accept dowries for younger and younger girls.

Prices are spiralling out of control.

The situation was spiralling out of my control, I couldn't control anything any longer.

He was concerned about the situation spiralling out of control.

Speaking to Parliament on March 23, Sunak announced a temporary cut in fuel duty of 5p per litre to hard-pressed motorists who have faced spiralling prices for diesel and petrol in recent weeks.