Sentence examples for plummeted like from inspiring English sources

Napoli's stock in 2009 has plummeted like the corners of a fat cat's overfed chops.

Fulmars had appeared from nowhere in the flat sky and had plummeted like falling swords through the surface, which closed over them.

In recent years, "prices have not plummeted like in other centers of the world, but there was somewhere between a 10 to 20 percent drop, depending on the area," she explained.

Pastor Malory flung himself off the bell tower and plummeted like a gigantic bird with broken wings, splattering his brains like so much bird shit when he hit the street below.

When, at the Florida market's dizzying mid-decade height, speculators lost confidence, the faith that kept the state aloft gave way and the economy plummeted like a Looney Tunes character who, suspended in midair, suddenly looks down.

** *** ** Pastor Malory flung himself off the bell tower and plummeted like a gigantic bird with broken wings, splattering his brains like so much bird shit when he hit the street below.

It is true that house prices do not plummet like a brick.

The picture floats and plummets like a box kite in a storm on drafts of melodrama, mysticism and humor.

But he is certain though that, given time, the AT would have had the enemy's war balloons plummeting like lead Zeppelins.

But to argue, as you did, that housing prices will tumble and start a worldwide recession is nothing short of hysteria.Jerry HowardNational Association of Home BuildersWashington, DCSIR – You say "It is true that house prices do not plummet like a brick".

There are innumerable cases of big, well-supported clubs who have been thrown overboard the HMS Premier League and have been unable to arrest their descent as they plummet like an anchor into the abyss of the Football League.