Sentence examples for plunging about from inspiring English sources

But they quickly reversed, plunging about 15percentt from the highs reached before noon.

Winn-Dixie Stores was the big loser for the week, plunging about 22percentt on the Big Board on worries about a possible bankruptcy filing.

About 10 minutes later, when it became clear that the legislation was in trouble, the stock market went into a free fall, with the Dow plunging about 400 points in five minutes.

The weekend dance attracted 400 to 600 people at $15 a ticket, and about 100 of them were on the plexiglass floor when it gave way, plunging about 50 into the pool, Chief Richard Zavinsky of the Rochelle Park police has said.

Snow and gales blasted the west coast on Friday, plunging about 20,000 properties into darkness.

With its shares plunging about 50% to a 10-year low, Nicor is the latest company to suffer from accounting woes, in this case coming from a joint venture with Dynegy.

In its second week of action on NBC, the XFL's preliminary overnight rating plunged about 50percenttoto a 5.1, from a 10.3 for its debut last weekend.

C4 Business Digest C1 SPORTSMONDAY D1-10 XFL Ratings Cut in Half For its second Saturday night on NBC, the XFL's preliminary overnight rating plunged about 50percenttoto a 5.1, from a 10.3 for its debut the previous weekend.

After doubling in 2007, Chinese stocks plunged about 34% in the first quarter.

Shares of Yahoo! plunged about 12% after the company said late Tuesday profit fell 11%.

The stock price of Halliburton rose from about $12 a share in 1996, to a high of $25, before plunging to about $7 a share in 2002.