tailspin

Shockingly, it was not the mass gay-and-straight wedding that sent some of his peers into a tailspin that bothered Beck.

So there we have it: another lewd, dull-witted performance has sent America into a tailspin of indignation.

Then a white supremacist started talking segregation and everything went into a tailspin.

Russia-U.S. relations were in a tailspin when Obama entered office.

Today, it is widely assumed that a default in Greece will send the world into a financial and then economic tailspin.

As she stepped inside this gigantic barrel her mind went into a tailspin.

Yes, he had all but gone into a tailspin, and that with his motor thundering at its best.

Instantly the heavy plane went into a tailspin and plunged earthward.

She side-slipped, her nose dipped down, an she went into a tailspin.

A warning from the observation towersomebody was in tailspin.