Sentence examples for the most precipitous from inspiring English sources

Since then it has shrunk by two-thirds, with the most precipitous drop in recent years.

Mr. Kohl's fall from grace amounts to one of the most precipitous in modern European politics.

Armstrong was about to have one of the most precipitous, unceremonious downfalls in the history of sports.

In recent months, the company has suffered the most precipitous fall from grace in American business history.

For the most precipitous drops, base yourself in Sorrento and drive across the peninsula to the coast from there.

Researchers found Americans saw marijuana as less risky, and that the most precipitous shift in attitude happened around 2007.

The other most precipitous declines were by Spain, the former No. 1 and the 2010 World Cup champion, which failed to advance past the first round in Brazil and is now No. 8, and Portugal, which also dropped seven places, to No. 11.

Connecticut, in fact, will see the nation's most precipitous decline in public school students, at 12%.

Moreover, unlike the gray matter, which showed a more gradual shrinkage over time, the decline in white matter was most precipitous between the ages of 70 and 80.

By September 2008, before the markets started their most precipitous dive, employment in financial and insurance jobs in New York had already dropped 5% to 335,000, from 354,000 in August 2007.

To me that means a more pleasant, economical alternative to a taxi, but to Rui it means the chance to stage a thrilling roller coaster ride down (and up) some of the city's narrowest and most precipitous streets.