Sentence examples for were plunging from inspiring English sources
verb
To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse.
- To plunge the body into water
Shares in HBOS, the country's biggest mortgage lender, were plunging.
Gold tumbled over $40 on Tuesday and oil prices were plunging.
Even before bankers on Wall Street reached their desks on Monday, European stocks were plunging.
Outside the hotel doors on West Street, people and debris were plunging through the glass awning.
They were gaining freedoms, yes, but they were plunging into a dangerous unknown.
Some of them were plunging to the bottom, some were aflame, others were colliding, bows-on.
Enron's profit margins and its return on equity were plunging, Chanos saw.
The next thing they knew, they were plunging into the Skagit River's icy waters.
Likewise it would outperform in years like 2008, when valuations were plunging.
As pump prices were plunging 30percentt from last year, small-car sales continued to rise.
In 2015, as petroleum prices on the open market were plunging, the working-capital fund amassed an even bigger surplus.
