tumbling

Example Sentences

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Tumbling bond prices have pushed yields on government debt higher, lifting borrowing costs for governments, businesses and consumers alike.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Tumbling motion usually starts when an asteroid spins slowly.

From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025

Tumbling into the BBC's Maida Vale studios, the band are boisterous and charming, the sort of people to greet a perfect stranger like a long-lost cousin.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

Tumbling inflation and sturdy hiring had raised hopes the Fed just might pull off a so-called soft landing — slowing the economy just enough to tame inflation without tipping the United States into recession.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Tumbling peacefully they would, and when He said Rise only the flat irons.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner