Sentence examples for the precipitous from inspiring English sources
adjective
Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
And the precipitous descent is continuing.
The precipitous exodus is hollowing out Yahoo's senior management ranks.
The precipitous 1937 stock market decline and surging unemployment jolted Washington into action.
The precipitous postwar decline in train travel was the final blow.
Scientists attribute the precipitous melting of the Arctic ice sheet mainly to human-induced global warming.
MUCH has been made of the precipitous decline of America's newspapers.
The damage to American craftsmanship seems to parallel the precipitous slide in manufacturing employment.
The project was regarded as an engineering triumph because of the precipitous terrain.
The location was magnificent, on well-watered, fertile soil, beneath the precipitous walls of Table Mountain.
The precipitous fall in the price of oil has thrown the BoJ off course.
"The precipitous withdrawal is unfortunate — it's more than unfortunate, I think it's tragic.
