Sentence examples for nosedived as from inspiring English sources

Air France said snow, strikes and security problems were behind the downgrade, and European airline shares all nosedived as a result.

His popularity and that of his party has nosedived as he has been taken to task for breaking election promises on everything from student tuition fees to VAT and spending cuts.

"The most pathetic sight was of the tank trying to climb up a dirt ramp built at the site, getting stuck, and then sliding sideways off the ramp like a drunken sailor," Mr Nawaz writes, implying that America was planning to deliver inferior equipment that was unsuited to the terrain.General Zia's plane nosedived as it was returning to the capital, Islamabad, and exploded on impact.

When the economy nosedives as dramatically as ours has recently, it is to be expected that social paradigms will follow suit.

They're active into old age, too: "Hadza are maintaining high activity levels in their 60s and 70s, whereas physical activity levels in the west tend to nosedive as we get older," Raichlen says.

The common toad (Bufo bufo) and the alpine newt (Mesotriton alpestris) have taken a nosedive as well.

The move to appoint an Ebola czar comes as polls show public confidence in the administration's response efforts to Ebola has nosedived, and as fears about the spread of the virus has dramatically increased.

Shares nosedived in London and New York today as traders dumped stock following the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers, which has left thousands of staff facing redundancy.

Once lauded for being the first nation to draw up a "green constitution", enshrining the rights of nature, Ecuador has seen its environmental reputation nosedived in recent years as Correa has put more emphasis on exploitation of oil, gas and minerals, partly to pay off debts to China.

As the economy nosedived after 2008, few companies shelled out for pure strategy consulting.

Sales of Toyota and Honda vehicles nosedived in China during September as anti-Japanese sentiment flared over a territorial dispute that threatens to hobble what was a booming business relationship between Japan and its biggest export market.