Sentence examples for a precipitous course from inspiring English sources

In the west the Soča originates beneath Mount Triglav and, after a precipitous course, reaches the Gulf of Venice in Italian territory.

Mr. Blair said that Britain would publish the evidence "at the appropriate time.' " Republicans concerned about what they see as Mr. Bush's precipitous course toward war with Iraq, like Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican of Nebraska, say that the Central Intelligence Agency has no evidence that Iraq possesses or will soon possess nuclear weapons.

These features represent a more precipitous initial course than is typical for type A or type B botulism but a more rapid recovery.

Most mammalian genomes exhibit a precipitous decline in Class II activity beginning roughly 40 Ma.

This fact was strikingly evidenced by the comparatively small number of prisoners taken by the Germans in the course of what was undeniably a precipitous French retreat.

Economists described that recession, which lasted 16 months, as "V-shaped," meaning a precipitous decline followed by an equally rapid return to growth once the recession had run its course.

It was a precipitous fall.

That would not be a precipitous withdrawal.

Suddenly, five tumbled down a precipitous slope.

The sentencing marked a precipitous downfall for Mr. Jackson.

The dean, Freddye L. Hill, called that "a precipitous increase".