Sentence examples for precipitous plunge from inspiring English sources

Then came a precipitous plunge to earth: a level, muted version of his calypso "St.

Few expect their return, on its own, to spark another precipitous plunge in the stock market.

In hindsight, Apple's surge above $700 strikes some as irrational, as does its precipitous plunge back below $400.

That's a precipitous plunge for a team that drew more than four million fans for three successive seasons, 1991-93.

Because, while whole milk has gotten a bum rap as a source of saturated (read: bad) fats, resulting in a precipitous plunge in milk-drinking, cheese, though no less fatty, is still perceived as wholesome and dietarily innocuous.

Over the last few days Georgia, Philadelphia, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York and others have delayed sales of new bonds, citing the precipitous plunge in prices that is driving up interest rates.

Donald E. Graham, the leader of the Graham family, which has owned the paper since Eugene Meyer bought it at a bankruptcy auction in 1933, stood solemnly before journalists who had been demoralized over the years by staff cuts, precipitous plunges in circulation, and endless dark rumors.

The Plano, Texas, chain, which has suffered a string of double-digit revenue plunges and a precipitous stock plunge, also reaffirmed its "overwhelming support" for Engibous and Chief Executive Myron Ullman. .

This is the art of what's usually called jawboning, and over the past four months we've seen government officials around the world use it in a futile attempt to stop the markets' precipitous downward plunge.

I'm sorry to see that the second episode of Skins suffered so precipitous a plunge from the show's week-one ratings, because it was much better than the first, and it largely focused on the new Skins' most interesting character: Tea, a confident, openly gay sixteen-year-old girl who isn't afraid to express herself.

A precipitous withdrawal could plunge southern Lebanon into chaos.