- present participle of plummet.
plummeting
Example Sentences
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She remembers, most distinctly, the "falling man" – a famous image of a man plummeting, upside down, from the North Tower.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
Each attempt went bust when global economic downturns cratered the semiconductor market and sent chip prices plummeting.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
And later: why Bitcoin’s plummeting price is costing Eric Trump hundreds of million of dollars.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026
It was going to be impossible to calm down enough to fall back asleep, not when I might wake up plummeting to the ground.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
