Usage of "nose dive" | TermGallery

A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft.

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Examples for "dive"

Examples for "dive"

Today, a police and navy dive squad will continue searching for it. 
 Radio NZ 

When the search continued today, the police national dive squad joined in. 
 Radio NZ 

Prices have taken another dive in the latest Global Dairy Trade auction. 
 Radio NZ 

If there is gas, dive into the water; sewer gas rises, remember. 
 The hunchback assignments 

So maybe we see Ronaldo, taking a dive in the penalty area. 
 The new yorker 

Bean quality has suffered as a result, leading Cameroon's reputation to nosedive. 
 Reuters 

The policy efforts helped staunch the steep nosedive in global equity markets. 
 Reuters 

Wilkinson's stock began to nosedive before he was sacked in the 1996. 
 The Guardian 

All those slippery slopes, none more so than the nosedive of 2011. 
 The Irish Times 

The speculation surrounding these mysterious circumstances saw their market value nosedive. 
 The South African 

Usage of nose dive in English

But the market was less sanguine and stocks took a nose dive. 
 Reuters 

The plane almost flipped over and did nose dive into the deck. 
 Countdown: The Liberators-ARC 

How did the aircraft not go back into a nose dive right away? 
 Wired 

Meanwhile, HTC has seen its sales nose dive over the last couple of years. 
 Wired 

In recent years his recording career took a nose dive. 
 Reuters 

For decades, major labels have watched record sales nose dive. 
 Wired 

But you could hold my legs to keep me from doin' a nose dive. 
 Alpine for You 

So this aircraft has a problem, but it is in an uncontrolled nose dive situation. 
 Wired 

As a rule the pilot makes a sharp nose dive before he loops the loop. 
 The Mastery of the Air 

At that time a spinning- nose dive was a manifestation of hard luck-likea German shell. 
 Opportunities in Aviation 

After February 1992 Mr Dunne's already troubled relations with his siblings took a nose dive. 
 The Irish Times 

The doctor's untrammelled thoughts began to climb high, spin, nose dive and loop the loop. 
 The Secret Places of the Heart 

The machine will come out in three-quarters of a turn with practice, into a straight- nose dive. 
 Opportunities in Aviation 

With the utmost difficulty Alfred succeeded in preventing her from taking a nose dive into the sea. 
 Curlie Carson Listens In 

There was a sudden swerve that ended in a nose dive, straight toward Venus seven miles below. 
 The Black Star Passes 

Major retailers say this month's consumer confidence nose dive was expected but the downturn is still alarming. 
 Radio NZ 

Meanings of nose dive in English