plummet
noun
a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
was plummeting
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past progressiveof plummet.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She claimed that visitors' confidence was "plummeting and jeopardising the World Cup".
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
D.C. students had the lowest scores of kids in any major urban district, and enrollment was plummeting.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
At the time, the regional bank’s stock was plummeting, a day after it disclosed it would take a big loss on government bonds it was selling to try to raise cash.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2023
Veteran crash investigator John Cox said that while an airliner might normally descend at 6,000 feet per minute, the 737 was plummeting at more than three times that rate.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2022
The ground was being swept out from under him and he was plummeting through open air.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
