His brother's death there started a destructive pattern.

Aggressiveness is a destructive pattern of behaviour, established by someone after they have been hurt.

President Reagan continues to follow a destructive pattern on Central American peace.

My patients want to fit into society, to act and feel "normal," to be free of destructive patterns.

Confrontation helps us learn about ourselves and change destructive patterns.

A group forms an army to fight against our self-loathing and destructive patterns.

"He had a destructive pattern of behavior," the official said.

This year's season started out following the usual destructive pattern.

The result is when scandal erupts, company managers usually fall into a destructive pattern of decision making.

There's no reason, except for the state's destructive political patterns, that more cannot be accomplished.