How to Use plummet in a Sentence

plummet

1 of 2 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.
  • Their prices rarely pop or plummet.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
  • His sales have plummeted as his prices have more than tripled.
    — David Feliba, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But Venus plummets out of the evening sky in the next few weeks.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This year, crime has plummeted in the city.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Hotel prices have plummeted over the course of the year.
    — Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • But as the school year went on, her grades in Agan’s class plummeted.
    — Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
  • The news sent the price of oil plummeting more than 10%.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • Stocks soared and oil prices plummeted more than 16% on the news.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • That’s plummeted to about $5 a day.
    — ABC News, 30 May 2026
  • That’s plummeted to about $5 a day.
    — Anton L. Delgado, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
  • Plus, are soaring stock markets about to plummet?
    — TheWeek, 1 May 2026
  • For those who owned a smartphone at age five, the score plummeted to 1.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Are soaring stock markets about to plummet?
    — TheWeek, 1 May 2026
  • Whether tech stocks continue to plummet in the short term is anyone’s guess.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 25 June 2026
  • But what of Daedalus, his poor father who watched his son plummet into the sea?
    — Natalie Zutter september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • During this same time frame, birth rates have plummeted across the nation.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • New York — Egg prices have been plummeting.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The Western birth rate, of course, is plummeting too.
    — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • In the decades that followed those peaks, the stock market plummeted.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But if too many farmers switch to soybeans over, say, corn, the price of soybeans will plummet.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 June 2026
  • Since then, his approval among the group has plummeted to 22%.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • As a result, crude oil plummeted and stocks rallied.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 26 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, the vibes in the kitchen continue to plummet.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2026

plummet

2 of 2 noun
  • He’s gone through the rise, the plummet and rising again.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
  • In fact, our blink rate plummets from about 12 blinks a minute to six.
    — Phillip Yuhas, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The 1990s plummet was slow pain.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The platform lost subscribers for the first time in more than a decade and had its stock plummet.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Within the plummet, the Padres are 1-6 at home.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • But the virus’s progression can be quick, at which point the chances of survival plummet.
    — Vivian Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2020
  • As small-car sales plummet, that segment's players are dying off.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Quite a plummet, and some raw numbers reveal a lot about its dynamics.
    — Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
  • The Cavs knew all the reasons behind Porter’s draft night plummet.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Jan. 2021
  • The plummet in stock and cryptocurrency prices has spooked investors.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • How does the forward handle his plummet down the team’s list of priorities?
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • When the storms cross roads, visibility plummets and that can cause crashes.
    — Andrew Nicla, azcentral, 13 July 2019
  • As a result, numerous startups in the space have gone under or seen their value plummet.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022
  • By all accounts, there are times in the day during which so much solar energy is produced that its price plummets.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Huntsville saw its annual traffic plummet by more than half in 2020.
    — Ramsey Archibald | [email protected], al, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The plummet, as stone used for fishing to weigh down nets, dated to around almost 4000 years old.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • But if a good time at Cedar Point is their peak, a plummet to the bottom follows shortly after.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2020
  • As cases across the country plummet, more states are lifting mask mandates — and schools are following suit.
    — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The plummet in hiring at restaurants and bars seems unbelievable.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The plummet in EVs sales last month is not surprising to analysts.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • As the value of a token plummets, the value of what data centers can produce also falls.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The last two decades, however, have seen the opinion of the opposition plummet.
    — Harry Enten, CNN, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Many more schools are being forced into similar write-downs as enrollment plummets.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 20 June 2026
  • De Gea also saw his form plummet, which, again, is unlikely to have been helped by the revolving door in front of him.
    — SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The plummet never happened, though the Colts inched right up to that cliff by starting the season 1-5.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2019
  • The stunning fall since then has been tough to stomach, a head-spinning plummet to the depths of embarrassment and outrage.
    — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Part of Penn State's plummet to the bottom of the Big Ten is due to opt-outs and injuries.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Zoom out further across the previous seven campaigns, and the plummet in their defensive record is stark.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The autopilot, in recovery mode, arrests the plummet, bringing the copter back to a stable flight.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2021
  • If pills are delayed, forgotten, missed or thrown up, the efficacy plummets.
    — Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025

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