Sentence examples for skidded lower from inspiring English sources
Wall Street skidded lower on Tuesday as downbeat news from JPMorgan Chase and other financial companies stoked anxiety about the continuing impact of the credit crisis on the economy.
Wall Street skidded lower yesterday as investors grappled with concerns about the strength of consumer spending and the overall economy after downbeat comments from J. C. Penney and Wells Fargo.
Shares of the mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac skidded lower on worries they would be forced to sell more new shares than anticipated to compensate for losses from the housing slump.
Japans Nikkei 225 index skidded lower by as much as 5% before closing down 4.3%, to a four-and-a-half year low, at 10,473.09.
Also reflecting the drag on India's economy, the Asian Development Bank last week slashed its growth forecast for the country to 4.7 percent for this year, from the 6 percent it had forecast in April, before the sell-off in emerging markets sent the rupee skidding lower.
Raise the landing skids, lower the wings for flight mode and set off on another dangerous mission!
He meant that the balls skidded faster and lower than at the Open, offering poor preparation for the real thing.
Shares skidded nearly 8% lower May 19 when an IRS official said the agency was weighing how to handle spinoffs like the one Yahoo was proposing.
The stock price of Bausch & Lomb, the eye care company, skidded yesterday after it lowered its forecast for earnings and revenue for this year and next and eliminated the job of its president.
The Adeg and Kaiser supermarket chains in Germany have wider aisles, non-skid floors, lower shelves, brighter lighting, larger price labels and magnifying labels hanging from chains.
Applied Micro Circuits skidded 91 5/16, to 96 7/8, after warning of lower sales to its biggest customer.
