How To Use Plummet In A Sentence

Polls show that support for a change has plummeted following the royal visits. Times, Sunday Times
A new study showed that while street crime is rocketing, the number of thugs brought to book is plummeting. The Sun
His critics say he should resign because he has lost the moral ascendancy to govern and to save the plummeting economy from collapse.
Spending in town centres has plummeted over the past decade. Times, Sunday Times
Rising next to the CCTV building, and also designed by OMA, the dazzling Television Cultural Center, or TVCC, peaks and plummets like a mountain cloaked in corrugated zinc. Road to Beijing | Impact Lab

The scaleup has been made largely possible by rising donations and falling price for drugs, which have plummeted from 10,000 dollars to 300 dollars per person per year in three years. ANC Daily News Briefing
Thursday's trading glitch -- in which the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted over 500 points in five minutes -- was not the first time U.S. markets have hiccuped, nor will it be the last. How The Dow's Dramatic Plunge Could Have Been Prevented
The violent storm, with its 70-mile-per-hour winds, tore loose the airship's control cabin, which plummeted earthward like a boulder.
The fashion pack has also got the art of layering velvet down pat, which is important when temperatures are plummeting. Times, Sunday Times
And although the idea of a little surgical help to zap away excess fat seems tempting, cosmetic weight loss ops plummeted last year. The Sun
Day-time temperatures are frequently in the low twenties centigrade but, once night falls, they plummet to minus ten or even below that in a matter of minutes.
The jet plummeted into a row of houses.
But the Terminator had already opened its hand and Victor was plummeting earthward. T2: INFILTRATOR
When I tipped my head back, I saw the hawk buckle its wings and plummet behind the trees.
When H. frenatus arrives on an island, the population of the unisexual species plummets.
Starting to gain speed at the end of the hill, she plummeted into a giant stack of rolled up hay.
I went in to watch the first half, and despite the central character's life going well, in the face adversity, I could sense a plummet in the second half.
A north-eastern wind from Germany will send temperatures plummeting as low as -5C.
SCHOOLS have gone back after the summer, meaning holiday prices are plummeting. The Sun
With a distressed eyeroll at Seanglenn Beckhannity, and a weary headshake at Keithrachel Olbermaddowman, not to mention clenched fists of despair at TalkRadio VonHateScream, let me remind the rest of us -- aka. most people -- that just because the makers of so called News think Balanced and Thoughtful is some long-ago folk duo, it doesn't mean we should join in the sneerfest, and passively watch as standards continue to plummet. Roderick Spencer: Fake News Is the Real News
But others "amplidyne," for example seem to get added to dictionaries even as their usage is plummeting. Ars Technica
If he fell, he would plummet 60 feet straight down onto the jumble of boulders strewn at the base.
In 2002, unemployment levels reached historic highs of 23 percent, real wages plummeted and the peso was severely devalued.
We all sit as on a pin-point now, ready for a plummet into colder times - even if the climatic cliffs of fall, instead of being in seconds of time, are in thousands of years.
House prices have plummeted in recent months.
Then the great depression of the 1930s ruined the economy and Prince Industries' stock took a plummeting nosedive.
Since when was dropping from ‘virtually nothing’ to ‘almost nothing at all’ constitute a plummet?
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Mars, slow-moving below Leo's hindquarters, doubles in brightness from mag 0.2 to -0.6 as its distance plummets from 156 million to 119 million km and its diameter swells to 12 arcsec. Starwatch: The January night sky
The damaged airplane plummeted towards the earth.
You plummet to the bottom screaming and are impaled on the spikes.
She began to feel terribly cold as she plummeted through the depths of the pond, feeling its matter travel through her body, through her skin and bones and internal organs like some ghostly ectoplasm.
Your acts may get you killed, in fact the entire aircraft may plummet to the earth, killing everyone on board.
With the Mariners and Yankees on satellite television every morning, the ratings for nighttime telecasts plummeted.
Isn't this loyalty, at huge financial cost to the individuals concerned, quite amazing, given the depths of naked greed to which our national sport has plummeted in recent years?
Net income plummeted to USD 3.7 million.
Mrs. Plummet shed real tears when I told her my good news at six o'clock that night; and more tears a fortnight later when I moved out of my little hall bedroom, and my feather-weight trunk, lightsomely balanced on the shoulders of one man, was conveyed to the express-wagon and thence to new lodgings in Irving Place. The Fifth Wheel A Novel
The result in each case had been the conversion of my patient into pork pies and a drastic plummeting of my self-esteem.
So did populations of sooty shearwaters, a seabird that eats young fish and large plankton, which plummeted 90 percent.
THE price of gold has plummeted to its lowest in five years after a mass sell-off. The Sun
The quantity of money circulating in the local economy would suddenly plummet, killing off what remains of local economic life and services.
The survey found that profits and business volumes at big financial services firms continue to plummet. Times, Sunday Times
The euro plummeted to a new low against the dollar before making a slight recovery. Times, Sunday Times
Moreover, sometimes an area becomes blighted almost overnight, so that what was a desirable home becomes unsaleable and again the price plummets.
A worker was decapitated when a lift plummeted down the shaft on top of him.
To make it more spectacular the escarpment is sliced by multiple canyons and valleys that plummet abruptly to the semi-desert African plane thousands of feet below. Family reunion in Addis! « Cameroon
However, something, whether by human error or mechanical fault, went awfully wrong as we saw him plummet to his death from the arena roof.
Since August, currencies like the Brazilian real and Mexican peso have plummeted against the U.S. dollar while stock markets in Russia and China were pummeled to multiyear lows.
The cost of taking public transport continues to soar while the price of driving plummets. Times, Sunday Times
He flew into a severe storm, his balloon was wrecked, and he plummeted seaward from the sky.
He flew into a severe storm, his balloon was wrecked, and he plummeted seaward from the sky.
Liberia was a major supplier of natural rubber to the United States until the 1970s, when prices plummeted due to competition from synthetics.
Birds such as the common murre and pigeon guillemot recovered slightly shortly after the Exxon Valdez spill, then saw their numbers plummet the next decade, she says. Scientists grapple with BP oil spill's cost to bird life
Sales here plummeted, prompting management changes. Times, Sunday Times
Auto makers, including Toyota, are setting aside millions of dollars in leased - vehicle losses as - car prices plummet.
But on his end, the marriage plummets quickly from him preening about landing someone another character calls "luscious" to displays of intense, irrational jealousy. News - chicagotribune.com
The grandeur of the fights escalates steadily until, in the movie's final sequence, the Big Bad attacks Zen with wave after wave of apparently limitless henchmen in a blood-soaked battle that moves from a restaurant to a training hall to the facade of a seedy motel, which gives plenty of opportunity for bone-crunching multistory plummets. Archive 2009-07-01
In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day.
Current ginger-mog is frightened of his own shadow and dead leaves, he plummets bum first out of trees and he plunges his paw into the bath only to be shocked that it is wet. How can you tell if your cat is smart? « knitnut.net
Sheer rock plummets 100ft to a churning sea. Times, Sunday Times
Property transactions had jumped 75 per cent in March as buyers rushed to beat the extra stamp duty surcharge and then plummeted the following month. Times, Sunday Times
With temperatures plummeting, the council ordered winter camps to be pitched.
The picture's allusions to great moments in cinema - a horse suspended in its harness, from Vertigo shot of a woman plummeting from a bell-tower; the Michael Caine at the height of what I call his blazer years, when he played a series of men caught up in international intrigue while looking smashing in navy sports coats. GreenCine Daily
Cattle numbers plummeted from tens of thousands to mere hundreds.
Was all that consciousness-raising we did in the 1970s to be lost in a new mood of post-feminist consciousness plummeting below our waists?
A Morecambe teenager was airlifted to hospital after plummeting 30 feet onto rocks from a cliff.
And she only came out and left the show when the ratings plummeted.
Conversely, a company that does not have a growing dividend could have a high yield because its share price has plummeted. Times, Sunday Times
The survey found that profits and business volumes at big financial services firms continue to plummet. Times, Sunday Times
So as the sun dropped and the temperature plummeted and the sensible people among us huddled around the fire eating frozen balls of butter and sugar (the musher's answer to energy bars), Wade trudged onto the ice with eelpout on his mind. Mushing, Eelpout, and Butterballs
Like a wingless albatross I plummeted two storeys into an overgrown plumbago.
The sale was abruptly halted, the value of the painting plummeted and the they decided to sue.
They recall, for example, how the value of the Halston label plummeted in the early 1980s after the designer tried to sell his fashions through JCPenney. Highbrow Goes Lowbrow
And now that Tim Pawlenty is jumping in the race, the appeal of the 2012 GOP field is plummeting faster than Randy Savage from the top turnbuckle rest in peace, Macho Man. HUFFPOST HILL - Jon Huntsman Latest Addition To Team Individual Mandate
But that figure has plummeted as the popularity of the swimming pool has been replaced by other entertainments, such as bowling and cinema.
Conversely, a company that does not have a growing dividend could have a high yield because its share price has plummeted. Times, Sunday Times
The poll suggested the ruling party could see its representation plummet from 302 to just 103.
Either side, water plummets over the dizzying drop in great cascading sheets, crashing down on the rocks far below.
The debris rained down for 20 minutes on house roofs, porches, gardens and greenhouses, whilst what were obviously substantial spent rockets plummeted into surrounding streets lined with cars.
The plummet in interest in religion was brought home last week when only one Catholic Priest was ordained in Northern Ireland for the year coming.
The survey found that profits and business volumes at big financial services firms continue to plummet. Times, Sunday Times
The buy-back price plummets, however, if the professor drops the book (or edition) from the syllabus or if the bookstore has bought enough books to meet demand.
Ad revenues had plummeted to less than 25 percent of prestrike levels. A Press Lord's Tattered Prize
The 1950s former Swiss air force trainer jet had flown four times over the crowd before trying to turn when it corkscrewed and plummeted into a ridge.
Following complaints from readers, the newspaper's faith in its columnist plummeted and he was sacked.
Property transactions had jumped 75 per cent in March as buyers rushed to beat the extra stamp duty surcharge and then plummeted the following month. Times, Sunday Times
Obviously their hiring standards plummeted to indeterminable lows when he joined it: Pennock on postmodernism in ID creationism - The Panda's Thumb
Prices plummeted in the A shares market, the institutional investors indeed played an inglorious role.
The pound has plummeted, the summer was a washout and your house is now worth less than your shed. Times, Sunday Times
Yet as more people separate glass, plastic and newspapers for recycling, markets have become so glutted that the price of these materials has plummeted, forcing some communities to pay to have "recyclables" carted to a landfill. Adam Smith Turns Green
They say their sales have plummeted in the last few days as they struggle to restore their reputations.
Most of us have seen pictures of people who jump from high bridges tied to a bungee cord that allows them to plummet and then bob up and down like a yo-yo.
Lamps dismounted from their tables at the slightest touch; pictures plummeted from the wall, the glass in their frames shattering, whenever anyone walked past them. Poor Devil
The country is also bracing itself for the onset of winter, with temperatures expected to plummet tomorrow and hover just above freezing on December 25.
If the peso continues plummeting, however, a popular revolt cannot be discounted.
For once the average age is plummeting downwards to late teens, early twenties.
Next, the level of serotonin plummets causing the blood vessels to dilate and creating blinding, throbbing headaches.
The bus winds around hair-pin corners on the cliffs overlooking the sea with such break-neck speed that I thought for sure the bus would eventually plummet off the side of the cliff and into the sea!
Tourism, a major foreign currency earner, has plummeted by 40 percent.
It cited advances in machine learning and the plummeting cost of computing power as pivotal factors. Times, Sunday Times
As he and his colleagues are hemmed in by plummeting temperatures in their tiny Scottish weather station, they witness and report on the progress of the chaos spreading across the northern hemisphere.
THE price of gold has plummeted to its lowest in five years after a mass sell-off. The Sun
Industrial production continued to plummet in September, the twelfth straight month of decline, according to a report issued earlier this week by the Federal Reserve.
Cut loose, he has plummeted into a deep crevasse, where against all odds he lands on a fragile ledge and survives.
Her weight plummeted by two stone and she could barely move. The Sun
+3.47% shares have epitomized the notion of plummet. MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
And with biotech and pharmaceutical stocks plummeting, the true realisable values of the assets must have become a subject of sharp focus for the banks.
The euro plummeted to a new low against the dollar before making a slight recovery. Times, Sunday Times
The construction fell apart as it plummeted down to the dark ground far below.
Since the airlines created today's hub-and-spoke systems in the 1980s, fares have plummeted - but so has the effective speed of air travel, especially for trips that begin or end at spoke airports.
Kate fiddled with her seatbelt for a minute, trying to work out exactly how the thin piece of blue material was supposed to save her life if the plane began to plummet twenty-five thousand feet towards the ground.
And it will be followed by an icy cold snap today as temperatures plummet. The Sun
A harness he was wearing got'cut' as he plummeted to the ground. The Sun
Prices are rising, falling, going up, going down, shooting up, plummeting, etc.
Inflation fears and rising interest rates sent the stock market plummeting to its fourth consecutive loss yesterday.
In sport, delicate skills can plummet fast and far.
Without warning, he dropped straight down, plummeting toward the ground far below.
Result: The team batting average plummets to . 217.
Net income plummeted to USD 3.7 million.
Over the past 30 years Western living standards have increased dramatically, yet the sense of well-being has plummeted.
He said the woman had clipped the near-side kerb and left the road, plummeting at least 200 feet down the ravine.
Net income plummeted to USD 3.7 million.
But they warned that temperatures were set to plummet, with snow falling on higher ground.
An ancient Russian weather satellite has worn out and will plummet Earthward unless its out-moded equipment and doodads are repaired sufficiently to send the bird in the direction of infinity.
The rouble plummeted overnight after Russia refused to pay for its internal debts and permitted banks to not fulfil their obligations to foreign partners.
Evline couldn't even get a word in as her words were blown back into her throat by the massive plummet towards the ground, like a drop on a rollercoaster.
This year, that amount could plummet to $ 1 million, a serious blow to the already financially struggling tribe.
The ad sounds convincing -- but perhaps being a word nitpicker, the Sun does now 'might not mean much if Sun has drastically cut back due to plummeting sales," Rich Partridge, an analyst at Ideas International, said in an e-mail. Reseller News
The outbreak will impose further hardships on an industry badly hit by BSE in cattle and plummeting livestock prices.
Sullivan shouted as the roan pinto plummeted from sight.
The hurricanes could trigger an economic downturn, as consumer confidence plummets and spending falls across the country.
The Renegade plummeted into the atmosphere in a steep nosedive.
A Zero careened sharply, smoking, and its engine reduced to a mere whine as it plummeted earthward.
A House Financial Services subcommittee is investigating the causes of the so-called flash crash, in which the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 1,000 points, representing about $1 trillion in market value, before rebounding in a matter of minutes on the afternoon of May 6. POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Yet he is fast becoming one of the most sought-after acts in America, wowing the crowds as he plummets through the air from an altitude of 5,000 ft.
Shortly after mid-century, however, the number of Catholics going to confession regularly - or indeed at all - plummeted.
Profits plummeted from ￡49 million to ￡11 million.
Pards knows this defeat will send his stock plummeting again. The Sun
The ledges gleamed in the air briefly in the gray light then plummeted as the water gargled and spat all around them.
As the temperature plummeted his team just froze. The Sun
Shareholders saw their holdings plummet in value soon after the launch.
Bankers said that the dearth of new issues meant that fees for underwriting new equity issues had also plummeted this year. Times, Sunday Times
When he was halfway through, his foot slipped and he plummeted into the river.
They ruminated in train stations and on buses; they cogitated in hotels as they clocked up visa charges; but they could reassure themselves that they weren't plummeting from the sky, swatted down by ash from the great cloud of the world's most unpronounceable volcano, Eyjafjallajokull. Not-So-Risky Business
Almost overnight the demand for our services plummeted as customers began faxing their documents rather than sending them by courier.
The value of the group has plummeted from more than £1bn to just under £100m today.
As temperatures plummet, our deciduous herbaceous plants die back and it's always tempting to get out into the garden to tidy things up. Times, Sunday Times
Over the last three months, which ended in September, that average plummeted to about 33,000 per month, a 41 percent decrease from the year's second quarter, according to data from Treasury. Federal Auditor Says Obama's Anti-Foreclosure Effort Risks 'Generating Public Anger And Mistrust'
The value of the kip plummeted from around 800 to the dollar in 1997 to around 7,500 kip to the dollar today (it went over 10,000 at one point).
His support had plummeted in the polls while his decision to fight to his political death seemingly ruled out any chance Democrats might support his renomination in 2004.
The temperature plummeted; large slabs of permanent ice replaced occasional pockets of snow.
The elevator was plummeting and then righted itself.
There was a time when a flurry of snow and plummeting temperatures were not enough to play havoc with the fixture list. Times, Sunday Times
Just as Avatre got under the plummeting body, arced herself with grace and power, and caught him across the saddlebow something dark bloomed on the cliff below them. Aerie
But as they plummet earthwards, he sees a crowded school playground just next to the barracks.
Moreover, sometimes an area becomes blighted almost overnight, so that what was a desirable home becomes unsaleable and again the price plummets.
When their time is done their stock plummets and they leave. Times, Sunday Times
The usually unflappable Tusk has seen his popularity plummet in the wake of the scandal and initially said he was considering resignation. Times, Sunday Times
And it will be followed by an icy cold snap today as temperatures plummet. The Sun
The livestock population of over seven million head is also expected to plummet.
They are joined by residents in Caledonia, who are concerned that Aboriginal land claims will make their property value plummet. Firing Up Might Not Get You Hired : Law is Cool
A new study showed that while street crime is rocketing, the number of thugs brought to book is plummeting. The Sun
House prices have plummeted in this area.
Temperatures have plummeted in the past few days across much of the country. Times, Sunday Times
And a certain witty, dapper silver fox is looking like he may be the ad man plummeting to his doom in the opening credits as Don Draper watches on with a certain relaxed detachment, arm draped, as it were, over the back of his sofa. William Bradley: Mad Men : Breach One 'Chinese Wall' and You Just Want to Breach Another One an Hour Later
It cited advances in machine learning and the plummeting cost of computing power as pivotal factors. Times, Sunday Times
As CD sales plummet and the big labels fret about the Internet, bands are seizing control of the means of distribution, releasing their music as free downloads or throwing it up on social networking sites. BusinessWeek.com --
His IQ was plummeting at each attempt, so to keep him from reaching zero I slowly edged by as he bumbled around on the roadside readying for another go.
The plummeting drop of Oblivion? The Sun
The plummeting oil price reflects a world in which production exceeds consumption. Times, Sunday Times
Second, the price of anything that can be manufactured in a silicon fabrication plant will plummet as the number of units shipped increases.
Nine people were hurt Thursday night when WestJet Flight 80 from Calgary to Halifax suddenly plummeted like an airborne roller-coater as it hit a patch of turbulence. Archive 2007-09-01
Markle certainly has its devotees, and a good few hardy souls were around last weekend, despite a biting north-west wind and cloudless sky combining to ensure that the temperature plummeted.
The plummeting oil price reflects a world in which production exceeds consumption. Times, Sunday Times
Even the runt of Wimbledon FC, plummeting headlong from former heights, still manages to be playing in League One next season.
I'm standing on the edge of a 375-foot bridge, ready to plummet toward the water with nothing but a cord keeping me from impact.
As the sun sets on a bleak plain in the arid Karoo region, the temperature plummets to below freezing.
And it will be followed by an icy cold snap today as temperatures plummet. The Sun
When Clark Gable removed his shirt to reveal a bare chest, sales of undershirts plummeted.
The ‘fitness cliff’ hypothesis presumes that life opportunities for potential suicide bombers have recently plummeted.
Until a dark secret is unearthed that sends the romance plummeting out into orbit, that is. The Sun
Scaup (bluebill) numbers plummeted during the past two decades, falling from a high of more than 7 million in the early 1980s to about 3.4 million this year.
Birds such as the common murre and pigeon guillemot recovered slightly shortly after the Exxon Valdez spill, then saw their numbers plummet the next decade, she says. Scientists grapple with BP oil spill's cost to bird life
The number of low-cost rental units on the market has plummeted by as much as 75 per cent over eight years.
Since Turkey plunged into a deep economic crisis in February the lira has plummeted around 60 percent against the dollar.
I felt my heart plummet to the earth's core and sink into the scorching ball of fiery lava with an ominous plonking noise.
The real purchasing power of the rouble has plummeted.
As public confidence in his capacity to reign has plummeted, Charles' decline has dragged the monarchy down with him.
We don't normally use the word plummet but that is the operative word right now," said Mr. Ward. States' Revenue Sinks Amid Income Tax Drop-Off
So did populations of sooty shearwaters, a seabird that eats young fish and large plankton, which plummeted 90 percent.
He has plummeted down the weights and can thrive for first-time blinkers. The Sun
They may as well have called it deep six, because the film plummeted into a predictable pastiche of previous potboilers.
A car careered off a cliff-top road in North Yorkshire, plummeting 100 feet and seriously injuring its York driver.
In December, peak gift-wrap season, the rate plummets to four orders per hour, he says. Boxing Up Shopping's Magic Moment
What it DOES do is penalize folks who live in exurbia, where housing prices have already plummeted. Matthew Yglesias » Doubts About a Vehicle-Miles Traveled Tax
The result in each case had been the conversion of my patient into pork pies and a drastic plummeting of my self-esteem.
I don't see the point of spending in the region of £15,000 on a brand new car that'll plummet in value by as much as a third in its first year.
A student on the ground acting as a "belayer" lost her grip on the rope, and Keeter plummeted 20 feet, landing on his feet and then crumpling to the ground, the lawsuit states. The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front
The survey found that profits and business volumes at big financial services firms continue to plummet. Times, Sunday Times
Beef sales, prices and consumer demand have plummeted.

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