How to Use precipitous in a Sentence

precipitous

adjective

• There has been a precipitous decline in home sales recently.
• People were shocked by his precipitous fall from political power.
• That was the start of a precipitous decline for the Italian, who comes in ranked 203rd in the world.
  — Ben Nuckols, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2022
• Jannek, about 10 steps in the lead, and the lightest, made it across the precipitous slope to a stand of trees.
  — Kelzim, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2022
• That's a precipitous fall from sixth last year and eighth the year before.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 July 2019
• Out to the right, a precipitous drop swiftly turned the seabed from sand to grass, a secret grove of turtles.
  — Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2023
• And what’s up with Deb, the third cha-cha babe, who’s losing parts of her mind at a precipitous rate?
  — Beth Kephart, Philly.com, 6 July 2018
• The precipitous drop transformed the economy, and has a long way to go.
  — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2022
• That felt both precipitous and ominous at the same time.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2021
• The power of the Kennedy name has also been in precipitous decline at the ballot box for years.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• And finally, on the morning of this event and precipitous trim, the name of the brand is announced: Cécred.
  — Jessica Cruel, Allure, 20 Feb. 2024
• Their precipitous fall began, of course, with a New Year’s Eve loss on Xavier’s home court.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2023
• The impact, combined with a precipitous fall in the oil price, caused the value of the ruble to fall by half against the dollar that year.
  — Anatoly Kurmanaev, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2018
• Because of the precipitous fall in the value of the Ruble, millions of Russians lost a huge chunk of their net worth.
  — Fortune, 28 Feb. 2022
• The change coincides with a precipitous drop in sea ice cover around the same time.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2021
• But as the omicron wave peaked and began a precipitous descent, so did the urgency for the shots.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2022
• This would mark a precipitous fall for Thibodeaux, who could be in play as early as No. 2.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
• The mother struggled to put food on the table after the precipitous loss of income.
  — Megan Sandel and Charlotte Bruce, STAT, 28 Mar. 2023
• Everywhere is the scent of Le Labo Santal 26 and a precipitous view.
  — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2022
• His fall from grace was one of the most rapid and precipitous in recent NBA history.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Sep. 2020
• Prices have remained steady, though, after a precipitous drop over the last two months.
  — John Steppe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2020
• While video streams were up in the week following the verdict, there will likely be a precipitous drop-off in the coming days.
  — Emily Blake, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021
• But this one is remarkable for how precipitous the drop was.
  — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 27 June 2019
• There was a precipitous 1,000-foot drop to either side.
  — Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
• Of these, Virgin Orbit (ranked 5th) made the most precipitous drop.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
• Religious schools in the Northeast are among those that have seen the most precipitous drop in enrollment over the past decade.
  — Deirdre Fernandes, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• Ghosn's precipitous fall from the high life to solitary confinement in prison.
  — Stuart Miller, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2023
• What happened during the time in between was a precipitous fall for Rodgers.
  — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
• Luxury hotels carved into precipitous cliffs peer out over Santorini’s sunken caldera, and narrow alleys wind between blue-shuttered, whitewashed houses in Mykonos.
  — Helen Iatrou, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024
• China now has 80 percent of the world’s solar manufacturing capacity, and its intense investment in the sector has helped drive a precipitous decline in global solar panel prices.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Feb 2025