Sentence examples for flatline from inspiring English sources

With the economy continuing to flatline and the government struggling to control a growing national deficit, these are tough times for schools.

To all intents and purposes the economy did indeed "flatline" for almost three years.

On current projections, health spending per person, adjusted for age, is predicted to fall over the next few years unless the commitment to the extra £8 billion is factored in (see chart "Flatline at best").The alternative to prompt action and the extra money, he warned, would be the "managed decline" of the NHS and patients waiting longer for treatment.

That is because growth is vital: if Britain's economy continues to flatline, Mr Osborne's plan to balance the budget by 2018 will fail.

But when prices flatline, risk-averse bosses can justifiably sit on funds.

David McCorquodale, KPMG head of retail, said: "Whilst store sales continue to flatline, online sales remain the main driver of growth for the sector, contributing nearly three quarters of the uptick in non-food sales in the last quarter of 2013.

The fact that the soaring world temperatures of the 1980s and 1990s began to flatline has puzzled climate scientists (and given comfort to climate sceptics).

All's jolly and we're off to the next consequence-free adventure, only to be waylaid by a phone call from Rigsy, who appeared in last year's stunningly good Flatline.

Since Don's epiphanies have rarely lasted as long as the next cocktail, it would take a giant leap of faith to believe that this marriage business is anything other than a cursory blip on his moral flatline.

As his voice trails off, the bustle bleeds into "Lost One," Lauryn Hill's fiercest moment as an m.c., and the beginning of an album whose presence in popular music is a flatline: it never goes away.

"The movement was starting to flatline," she said.