Sentence examples for or plummeted from inspiring English sources

As the rocket became a speck in the sky, a spotter shouted a number of variables how long the rocket stayed up, how high it went, whether it disintegrated in mid-air or plummeted straight to the ground.

Does that sort of thing still go on?In this section Pausing or plummeting?

He delights in Mel Brooks's brilliantly zany willingness to jump off comedic ledges and either soar or plummet.

He also said he thought they did not believe they could win the Eastern Conference or plummet into the draft lottery.

"Plumb" comes from the Latin plumbum, or "lead," the material that replaced stone as the weight for the bob or plummet.

And the president-to-be must round up the necessary cash, usually from corporate donors.In this section Damn Yankees Pausing or plummeting?

When stocks jump or plummet in reaction to news, the payoff for those who trade on tips ahead of the news rises as well.

The court then sent instructions of its own on resolving them which promptly went awry.In this section Damn Yankees Pausing or plummeting?

It is time, says Mr DeWine, to "put a national spotlight" on the issue of competition in baseball.In this section Damn Yankees Pausing or plummeting?

It has also given executives -- whether in the new economy or the old, at companies with soaring or plummeting stock prices -- more leverage to demand unheard-of sums.

I do understand that it is more fascinating to watch a company rise 100 points on Wall Street or plummet just as precipitously.