Sentence examples for as it plummets from inspiring English sources

The Senkakus are closer to Japan than to China, but they lie on the edge of China's continental shelf, just as it plummets into the Okinawa Trough, 2,300 metres (7,500 feet) at its deepest.

The footage appears to show an aircraft bursting into flames as it plummets towards the ground in the Hatay province, near the Syrian border.

The goal was for the shuttle to avoid abnormal eddies of plasma as it plummets through the atmosphere toward Earth for a landing early Monday.

In one shot, a boy lobs what appears to be an apple into the sky, his fist raised as if in triumph, ready to punch the poor fruit as it plummets.

From the moment an upturned aeroplane clips the steeple of a church as it plummets Icarus-like towards Earth, it's clear that Flight (2012, Paramount, 15) is more interested in cod metaphysics than spectacular aerodynamics.

Like everyone else, I suppose, there was a period in my life when now was of paramount importance - if we take "now" to be a wobbly phenomenon, something like a raindrop, encompassing the moment as well as immersing consciousness, and reflecting each to the other as it plummets into the future.

But Mr. Levin apparently remained a believer in the merger and kept his stock even as it plummeted.

The team missed the last three races of the season as it plummeted into administration with debts of £31m.

A thrown axe decapitated a pretty young woman hiding in a tree, and the camera followed her headless body as it plummeted through the branches.

Staff under 50 were not allowed to sell the company stock received in this way, and watched helplessly as it plummeted in value, thereby destroying the value of their pension savings.

Staff under 50 were not allowed to sell the company stock received in this way, and watched helplessly as it plummeted in value, destroying the value of their pension savings.