Sentence examples for sharply driven from inspiring English sources

Cigna on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit rose sharply, driven by a strong performance in its health care segment and a gain from the sale of its retirement benefits business.

But as Chessen points out, the Fed's cuts in short-term rates have sharply driven down the cost of borrowing for businesses the prime rate, for example, has fallen by about one-third since January.

Federal regulators are expected to order the banks to make sweeping changes to their mortgage collection and foreclosure practices, which will sharply drive up expenses.

Those exotic deals backfired when the economy collapsed, and they sharply drove up the county's costs instead of reducing them.

As in Chicago, the combination of a recession, layoffs and a credit freeze sharply drove down the value of the heavily leveraged buildings.

In the past few years, Police Department recruiters have discovered that waiving the $35 fee and accepting applications over the Internet sharply drive up the number of people applying to become police officers.

Wholesale energy prices in South Australia have been rising sharply, mostly driven by increases in the price of gas.

The news from the F.B.I. crime data was alarming: The murder rate rose sharply last year, driven by jumps in several major cities.

Technology stocks were sharply higher, driven in part by an Internet rally and Computer Associates' ca $3.5 billion takeover of Platinum Technology plat.

Investment in the agtech space is up sharply this year, driven by a spike of rounds at Series B and later stages, according to Crunchbase data.

Stocks have risen sharply in 2011, driven by strong earnings reports from major companies like Caterpillar and Apple.