How to Use plummet in a Sentence

plummet

verb

• The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon.
• The satellite plummeted into the ocean.
• The town's population plummets when the students leave for the summer.
• The acrobat plummeted into the net.
• The TV show has plummeted in the ratings.
• Temperatures are expected to plummet this weekend.
• Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal.
• An offense that plummeted to last in the SEC in yards per play.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• Since the start of this year, Macy’s stock price has plummeted more than 13%.
  — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• His sales have plummeted as his prices have more than tripled.
  — David Feliba, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• When blood sugar levels plummet, the body thinks it hasn't been fed and craves more of the glucose that cells need to function.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 25 Sep. 2023
• The outfielder saw his numbers plummet last year in the first of his four-year deal with the Marlins worth $53 million.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
• They were awakened when a Jeep plummeted off a 40-foot cliff and landed on its roof in the ocean’s rocky shallows.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The country also saw reading and math performance plummet among fourth and eighth graders in the same year.
  — Minnah Arshad, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2023
• The school performance of the older girls has plummeted.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
• But the country plummets to number 62 for those under 30.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
• Disney’s stock plummeted by more than 13 percent at the time.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2023
• The tire that plummeted damaged at least one car in an airport parking lot.
  — Mary Schlangenstein, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
• The plateau sits above steep canyons and arroyos that plummet to the valley floor and the Rio Grande, New Mexico's primary artery.
  — Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
• In turn, the average savings rate for U.S. households has plummeted since 2022, the Fed said last month.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
• Shares of food company Hormel plummeted, setting them on course for their worst day in more than a decade.
  — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
• In the three years Tritton helmed the retail giant, its stock price plummeted almost 50%.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 7 June 2023
• Jobs have been cut in half, and investment and state revenue have plummeted.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
• The temperature plummeted like a ride on the Zambezi Zinger.
  — Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
• That plummets to 12% for Haley, 11% for DeSantis and single digits for the rest.
  — Gary Langer, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2024
• The search has been called off as six people who plummeted from a Baltimore bridge are presumed dead.
  — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• The spire burned and crashed down, punching giant, jagged holes into the vaults and sending gobs of molten metal and charred beams plummeting below.
  — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• Fans sued for their money back, and ticket prices plummeted on the resale market.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• Two cellphones that plummeted from the aircraft also were found in the vicinity.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
• Even before the latest losses were revealed, analysts said the value of the company would plummet if Trump were to sell his shares.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024