How to Use precipitous in a Sentence

precipitous

adjective
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  • 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
  • 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
  • The precipitous drop transformed the economy, and has a long way to go.
    — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Of these, Virgin Orbit (ranked 5th) made the most precipitous drop.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Ghosn's precipitous fall from the high life to solitary confinement in prison.
    — Stuart Miller, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Another precipitous decline: Now, just 27.5 million hours viewed, with the show slipping down to #4 in the world.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The precipitous drop in the number of Chinese university students in the US.
    — Quartz, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Test score data shows precipitous drops in reading and math skills.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Changing the defaults led to a precipitous decline in passengers who tips 15% and a huge increase in those who tipped 30%.
    — Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • One seller on the site was selling bottles of the same size for around $30, while another offered the product for an even more precipitous $80 a pop.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • The data show a precipitous decline in transplants across the board in March 2020, with an uptick a few months later back to pre-pandemic levels.
    — Malena Carollo and Ben Tanen, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Zoom out, though, and global food prices are still far higher than a year ago, despite precipitous drops in the cost of key raw materials.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 29 June 2023
  • That slowed the treatment process, depleted supplies in water tanks and caused a precipitous drop in pressure.
    — Emily Wagster Pettus, ajc, 15 Sep. 2022
  • In many communities, the number of guns found has more than doubled, a trend that mirrors a precipitous rise in school shootings.
    — Steven Rich, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • That’s quite a precipitous drop from the preseason, when the Aggies were ranked No. 6 nationally.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 10 Nov. 2022
  • That’s because of a precipitous decline in taxi drivers, as Uber and Lyft have taken over much of the business of picking up passengers at the airport.
    — Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Taiwan’s main stock index, after a precipitous drop Tuesday, has since clawed back all that ground.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022
  • For many activists, this represents a precipitous loss of faith.
    — WIRED, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Peak in four weeks and precipitous decline in another two.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2022

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