Sentence examples for skidded to zero from inspiring English sources

The personal saving rate, which skidded to zero as Americans tapped their home equity to finance their lifestyles, rebounded to 4.2percentt in February, the government reported last week.

It so happened that they skidded to seven games back, but they gave themselves time to overcome Houston and Chicago if those teams faltered.

JAZZ 96, TIMBERWOLVES 89: Karl Malone returned to Utah's lineup and had 27 points and 12 rebounds, leading the Jazz over host Minnesota and extending the Timberwolves' skid to seven games.

(AP) Orioles Extend Blue Jays' Skid to 9 Games The Toronto Blue Jays got a fine start from Roy Halladay, but Nolan Reimold hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning and the Baltimore Orioles rallied at home for an unlikely 12-10 victory, extending the Blue Jays' skid to nine games.

A mysterious derailment injured 24 passengers in the Paris subway today, but a catastrophe was narrowly averted because the car that had tipped over skidded to a halt only three feet from a train on the opposite track.

Shiloh skidded to a stop about two feet in front of me, his tongue languishing to one side as his telltale sign of joy - drool - formed on his lower lip.

1938 Malagasy 'Banana King' Slips Up PARIS — A dusky gentleman from Madagascar who tried to glide to fame and fortune on the skins of a million bananas, skidded to a halt in a Paris jail yesterday [March 10].

The dollar skidded to its lowest point in five months this week, battered by creeping fears that Washington's costly efforts to stimulate the economy are growing harder to finance and may set off an unwelcome bout of inflation.

PAGE A15 BUSINESS SHARP SLIDE FOR DOLLAR Sets Off Fears of Inflation The dollar skidded to its lowest point in five months this week, battered by creeping fears that Washington's costly efforts to stimulate the economy are growing harder to finance and may set off an unwelcome bout of inflation.

Scraping against a guard rail that divided the track in two, the aircraft skidded to a stop.

They crashed into two police cars and skidded to a halt.