nosedive
Example Sentences
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Rourke has previously admitted to running into money troubles when his career took a nosedive—resulting in what he described as the loss of “everything.”
From MarketWatch
A sovereign-debt crisis would mean the U.S. can’t pay its debts, or there is such widespread fear of default that interest rates soar and the economy nosedives.
Somewhere over the winter, as defeats piled up and Spurs tumbled down the standings, they had entered a catastrophic nosedive.
Their fighting had gotten worse after Celia’s grades took a nosedive and she didn’t get into the honors track for high school.
From Literature
But voter satisfaction has nosedived over the past year.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
