Sentence examples for Plunge from inspiring English sources

But the shares, even after the plunge from £70 to £22 since February, are rated at 50 times this year's earnings.

Greece has vigorously rebutted speculation that it will declare a debt default and plunge out of the eurozone if it fails to strike a deal with lenders to keep its bankrupt economy afloat.

Its stellar quarterly growth figures contrasted sharply with the dire fortunes of high street chain French Connection, which now expects to plunge into the red this year.

Smallest country taking part: Divers on the smallest island nation of the world, Nauru (8.1 square miles) will plunge into their coral reefs for an underwater clean-up.

I still smile when I think of the skinflint behaviour the card evokes – of Aberdonians fleeing their homes before charitable tin-rattlers come knocking at the door, and then hurrying back again to avoid similar tin-rattlers, this time armed with tiny flags that, quick as lightning, they plunge into your lapel.

Wilson, who has been preparing for the Glasgow Games in an altitude tent in Aix Les Bains in France, took the plunge with a flying leap knowing he had to face off against Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee and French star Vincent Luis.

An AFP reporter on the scene said he made no response when asked, "Were you fired?" and, "Did you lose your job?" The bank has admitted that it faces losing $2.3bn – an early estimate put it at $2bn – and will plunge to a third-quarter loss as a result of the unauthorised trading activities, which the Financial Services Authority and Swiss regulator Finma are now investigating.

They already owned a holiday home in Florida which was generating a decent rental income, so they decided to take the plunge on a place in Cyprus.

In 2003, striking intermittents protesting against benefit cuts managed to shut down France's most prestigious theatre festival at Avignon, plunge the major Aix-en-Provence arts festival into darkness, secure the sacking of the culture minister, and then threaten to pull the plug on the Cannes film festival.

Outside, there's a plunge pool within earshot of the waves.

The horrid cold has perhaps driven the mice indoors, where they occasionally plunge to their death in the sink, because I haven't finished my washing up or emptied the basin the night before.