Sentence examples for slump along from inspiring English sources

The oil-price slump, along with weak demand, has helped to drive down inflation to these unusually low levels.

They were the latest signs that a global coal glut and price slump, along with persistent environmental opposition, are reducing the likelihood that additional exports could shield the industry from slipping domestic demand caused by cheap natural gas and mounting regulations.

Now, the construction slump — along with a year-old crackdown on illegal immigration at the border and in the workplace, and mounting anti-immigrant sentiment in places — has made it even harder for Mexican migrants to reach the United States and land well-paying jobs.

Palm-sized bluegill fish nibble the meat from cracked mussels, natural stone spires rise from the depths and shipwrecks slump along the silt bottom.

That slump, along with an 8% drop in the number of new grants (see table, below), confirms predictions of tough times following the recent 5-year doubling of NIH's budget if NIH received annual increases of less than 6% ( Science, 24 May 2002, p. 1401).

It seems no matter how bad you are, if you are a charter school in DPS, you can slump along year after year.

This is partly because the party funding has slumped along with everything else, but largely through indifference and the apparently foregone conclusion of a sweeping conservative victory.

Meanwhile, the aging shooting guard David Wesley slumped along with Derek Anderson.

Simmons filed for bankruptcy protection in November; its sales had slumped along with the economy.

That is partly because shipbuilding in general has slumped along with global trade.

But the numbers started slumping along with the economy in the second half of last year.