plummeting
Example Sentences
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Last rites hadn’t even been performed on the plummeting Red Sox in the playoffs when a six-state civic emergency commenced over the local NFL concern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The plane was diverted to Saudi Arabia after plummeting 17,000ft in less than two minutes.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The return to near-7% mortgage rates sparks flashbacks to the end of 2023, when a rapid surge in rates sent home sales plummeting to an annual rate of 3.86 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She recites the names of the Mexicans Guthrie envisioned on the plummeting plane — Juan, Rosalita, Jesús and María — with tenderness, not pity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
That reflection, the monster that she became, had been her great salvation, the thing that had saved her from falling into the dark, plummeting off that sill when all she wanted to do was fly.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
