How to Use tailspin in a Sentence

tailspin

noun

• The team went into a tailspin and lost six straight games.
• Stock prices are in a tailspin.
• At worst, this could be the start of a fateful tailspin.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
• Rosen went 3-10 as a rookie and his career hasn’t come out of the tailspin.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2022
• The company’s future was in doubt and its stock was in a tailspin.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
• Through it all, the Gators’ tailspin has continued, leading the school to fire Mullen.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Nov. 2021
• Two months ago, the Wildcats found themselves in the middle of a tailspin that seemed to derail the season.
  — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2022
• There were five white men set to speak (and this was after the election of Barack Obama) and that sent Glantz on a tailspin.
  — Shelley Zalis, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• While Rowland was on the rise, Aurora was in a tailspin.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2022
• The vehicle struck a tree, causing the car to tailspin, Curry said.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The Titans, who have scored 20 or fewer points in four straight games, have to try and figure out how to stop this tailspin.
  — Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2021
• But being laid off again has thrown him into a tailspin.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• More and more margin calls come in and more assets are sold, sending the price into a tailspin.
  — Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• At 3,500 feet, the plane suddenly nose-dived, went into a tailspin and flipped over.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
• The rulings caused outrage on the left, led to protests outside some of the justices' homes and sent the court's approval rating into a tailspin.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
• The entire economy went into a tailspin that cost millions of jobs across a broad swath of the country.
  — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• Alex’s abusive father shows up and Alex is sent into a tailspin.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
• The shellacking came as the Bulls were in the midst of a tailspin, and Milwaukee was without Khris Middleton.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2022
• The shocking defeat of one of the best chess players in the world sparked accusations of cheating and has thrown the sport into a tailspin over the last few weeks.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2022
• The Wildcats are on the rise, entering their trip to St. Edward, while Mentor finds itself in a tailspin.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2021
• That’s raising the specter of a tailspin of falling prices and wages from which the economy may struggle to recover.
  — Laura He, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
• After that morning, Fry said his life went into a tailspin.
  — Johnny Edwards, ajc, 29 Nov. 2021
• The strategy hit a snag in 1998 when the Russian bond default threw debt markets into a tailspin.
  — Jon Markman, Forbes, 16 May 2022
• Johnny Juzang found the offensive rhythm the Bruins badly needed with their season on the verge of a tailspin.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• If Congress doesn’t act, then the United States will default, and the economy will go into a tailspin.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
• But when his ex-wife drops their two children off with him in the middle of the night and then disappears, Toby's world is sent into a tailspin.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• At the same time, freight demand slowed and shipping rates fell, sending earnings across the freight sector into a tailspin.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2023
• The Kings won their third straight following a 7-0 blowout loss to Buffalo last week that threatened to send them into a tailspin.
  — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
• The loss of the contract sent Workhorse's stock into a tailspin, losing investors more than $4 billion.
  — Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2021
• But unlike 2020, when cruising shut down worldwide, the industry is not in a tailspin.
  — Hannah Sampson, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 7 May 2024