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Sentence Examples The chasm between the wealthy elite and broad layers of the population will only continue to widen under conditions of slump. Industry sources said that the slump in value reflected the pain being felt by companies across the private equity industry. After almost 15 years in the economic doghouse, Japan shows real signs of emerging from its long deflationary slump. His spirits have certainly not been lowered by the slump afflicting several of his players. These have been compounded by the huge slump in share price values that most analysts predict will not be recovered. If that proves to be the case, Burgundy, which has seen a slump in prices, could breathe a sigh of relief. Goods go unsold, and companies which cannot sell all they hoped to see profits slump. Firstly, Watson claimed that rival Jones had erred in linking the illness to Thompson's form slump. Also, a slump in property prices could mean your retirement taking a big hit, or being forced to wait until the housing market recovers. After the slump in profits since mid 2000, my daughter could have told me that. He looked set for an easy season after early domination, but a slump in his form mid-season made a race of it. Hong Kong has been trying to fight deflation for four consecutive years, but a slump in property prices there started even before that. The slump in prices was largely attributed to inferior quality tea being produced by various India gardens. Once prices start falling it is held that this can set in motion very dangerous dynamics, which can lead to a severe economic slump. Last year, you were among the first national politicians to talk about the economic slump. But although the news was welcomed by those who had feared an economic slump, US shares opened slightly lower. The world was mired in economic slump, which brought with it mass unemployment and wage cuts. The domestic economy is in a slump, and unemployment in Hualien is particularly serious. This has raised productivity at the port and especially the grain elevator which had experienced a slump in the last two financial years. After the Wall Street crash, which led to a worldwide slump in economic growth, the world reverted to protectionism. Show More Sentences Chen was elected with just a plurality in a three-man race in 2000 and has since presided over an economic slump. On the public-sector side, the country's economic slump has caused what many firms see as serious consequences. What we were trying to do was bring forward investment to pull the economy out of its slump. The slump between New Year's Eve and Memorial Day is a long stretch with little to celebrate. This was followed by a slump in investment, widespread bankruptcies and over a million Americans losing their jobs. If the host doesn't like the competitor or ratings slump the timer will be arbitrarily accelerated. In an economic slump, business costs that were once low priority take on new importance for the bottom line. As always in an economic slump, cash is once again king, and companies are going all out to make sure they have enough of it. The company has been in a prolonged slump, with flat sales in the United States and a stock price to match. Unfortunately, this budget balancing threatens to worsen the economic slump. The slump in the stock markets has sunk many stock options, the golden handcuffs that are supposed to keep employees in place. At least Boro have no injuries to worry about, save for the damage to morale caused by their recent slump. A player in a slump is a sad sight to behold, equal parts wild-eyed desperation and puppy-dog bewilderment. They fear that global capitalism could slide into even greater instability, and slump. The station has seen a recent slump in numbers due to people leaving through retirement or ill health. Gucci has complained of a post-terrorism slump, ditto Mulberry, which now attributes a recent profits warning to the same cause. Jack McKeon's team can blame its failure to return to the postseason on a long slump beginning Memorial Day. The government pledged not to raise excise rates on cigarettes this year to allow the industry to recover from a slump. Many find themselves in desperate straits as the price they get for their products continues to slump. High-tech manufacturers showed some of the sharpest declines, reflecting a slump in telecommunications and the dot-coms. Show More Sentences A long slump in oil prices, 17 percent inflation and unemployment of at least nine percent has kneecapped Iran's economy. Now she fears unless he is brought home soon he may slump into depression and his condition could worsen. The worst stock market slump in 30 years has hammered global financial stocks, raising fears about the capital strength of banks and insurers. The club's rulers had to act, but I suspect the fabled wisdom of King Solomon would be pressed to drag City out of their present slump. From there, he became a chauffeur for a private estate, until his employer suffered a slump in fortune. However, this slump was the smallest in percentage terms since March of last year. Instead, as they were in the midst of an ad slump and eager to get their hands on big tranches of money, they leapt at the arrangement. The return to peace saw a swift resumption of car production, which was then hit by the immediate post-war slump. This, in turn, has led to a slump in consumer spending, which has further dragged the economy down. The slump in advertising revenue in all media organisations continues to hamper the station. His current slump in form, a rare happening again, has to be viewed in the right perspective. The slump in regional travel has also cut heavily into the lucrative GSM international roaming market. Unfortunately, they increased the price of imports at a time of low liquidity, and contributed materially to a slump in world trade. The tragedy is that as this scramble continues, Kenya is going through the worst economic slump in living memory. For the Rangers' rooters, it's not as if this seven-year slump were another long-suffering Stanley Cup famine. With PC sales and corporate investment in a slump, we know they're on the ropes and in deep denial. Christmas has come early for thousands of shoppers, with stores launching early sales in a bid to beat off a predicted slump. If you snack healthily, there is a greater chance that you will avoid the post-lunch 4 pm energy slump that so many people suffer from. In short, the market is softening, but is in no way in a crisis, slump or any other such tabloid noun you care to use. What's more, composure is dynamic throughout a season, so that players who start to slump will have a tough time getting out of their funk. Show More Sentences Edamame, or soybeans, contain a balance of carbs, protein, and good fat, so your body burns them slowly and you avoid an afternoon slump. However, as an economic slump deepens it becomes much harder to find many creditworthy businesses. A sale was thought to be almost impossible given the current slump in the international telecoms sector. The antivirus software maker blamed unsold inventory and a general sales slowdown for the slump. That portends an even darker hour for investors whose savings have been mauled in the worst slump in global stock markets for 30 years. It will, of course, take more than the odd late-season slump to divest Arsenal of their undoubted glamour. It was reported earlier this week how rural tourism in North Yorkshire was being hit by a massive slump in trade. As pain sears through my leg, I release the rope and slump to the river bed, closing my eyes in pain. Besides, the roads were thronged with unprecedented numbers of men seeking work as a result of the slump. That said, at 30 he is past his sell-by date, is in a terminal slump and hasn't won a title for two years. The travel slump hit earnings across the tourism industry, prompting a number of mergers and profit warnings. Limerick hoteliers who are complaining over a slump in business were dismissed by Deputy Jim Kemmy today as putting on the poor mouth. The impact of the slump on large capitalistic enterprises in the region receives relatively little comment. The afternoon slump, when eyelids droop and shoulders sag, is the result of a complicated dance of the body's chemical messengers. Keep a jar of almonds in a desk drawer and have two dozen nuts and a small piece of fruit instead of a candy bar when an afternoon slump hits. Heavyweight boxers usually slump into an exhausted embrace after battering each other for 15 bruising rounds. In 2000, he famously guaranteed that his team, despite a midseason slump, would get to the playoffs. His strategy of hitching Mexico's economy even more tightly to that of the US has only mired the country in a deeper slump. It leaves too many people wrecked, fit only to veg out in front of the box, eat a ready-meal then slump into bed. One of the positive aspects of the dotcom slump was that many pseudo-web designers were sifted out. Show More Sentences There was nothing that bothered him more than seeing his friends in bad moods, for he knew what it felt like to be in a slump. The army has responded to the recruiting slump by increasing the number of recruiters and offering bigger sign-up bonuses. Pop and rock are going through a major slump right now with full-on breadheads in the ascendancy. Well, maybe not entirely, but life has been in a slump since I tied the knot this summer. According to Mackie, the outburst was a long time coming for Jamani, who has been snakebitten during a first-half slump. But the problem is that film library values are in decline because of the industry-wide slump in DVD sales. Meanwhile, insiders predicted that the cost of a tour to the city will slump. But the slump in prices is also down to the growing power of the big multinationals that buy the produce. None of the batsmen could top 31, and a slew of single-digit scores saw them slump to 107 all out. And you slump back, exhausted and bewildered, facing another wait of unguessable duration, and the pain and the fear continue. A York estate agent today hit back at reports that house prices are set to slump in villages around York. What concerns the people most is the economy, which is reeling from the years-long slump. The resources of several of the independent fashion houses have been tested by the weak economy and slump in luxury good consumption. That could, in turn, cause prices of oil to slump to the detriment of the Saudi economy and its ability to provide cheap public services. Pizza's full of carbs, so it will give you that initial sugar rush that sees you fall into a slump shortly after. Despite hitting the ground running, the club know that they are just a loss or two away from a slump into the relegation zone. He needs to hold the election quickly before the slump which will inevitably hit the country later this year as a result of that crisis. The slump in US stocks has weakened the dollar against other currencies, with the euro climbing to parity against the greenback for the first time in over two years on Monday. Niedermeier attributed the slump to the price falls in most local shares. And reporting a profit slump of 92 percent is, well, what big-box electronics retailer Best Buy did Tuesday morning. Show More Sentences The boss of the district's own low cost airline today scorned suggestions the sector was on the wane after rival Ryanair announced a profit slump. If borrowing rates start to climb dramatically, the hope of clawing out of the slump will fade very quickly. According to Minasyan, the slump of the dollar value would have both a positive and a negative effect for the Bulgarian economy, and the two balanced each other. The energy boost from a cup of coffee reverses afternoon slump, helping to keep you alert and temporarily improving performance, concentration and reaction time. Mr. Greenspan's whopper must be followed by a whopper of a slump. They have failed to win any of the seven games since, a slump which has seen them pick up only three points and crash out of the reckoning for a play-off finish. One of their first observations about daytime sleep was that the dreaded mid-afternoon slump is part of human nature. As a result, reporting and public expectations suffered a dreadful, anti-climatic slump. A slump ensued, however, necessitating a return trip to the minors in June before another call-up during which he truly established himself as a probable big league standout. The global fight-back appears to be working as the company is enjoying its own salad days after two years of the first business slump in its history. But if Pixar's going to slump, it's comforting that Disney is back to its old tricks. Jade asked Strong if she was ever at a loss for ideas and if so, how she might wrest herself from a slump. Extremely steep slopes encircle the northwestern terminus of the ravine and conglomeratic sandstone slump boulders lie on the lower elevations of the ravine. Weekend occupancy rates at hotels, guesthouses and bed and breakfast establishments are high and many say they have yet to experience a slump after the summer holiday season. They buckled in 2000 in anticipation of the economic slump, and hopefully their resurgence now is a pointer to better things to come in the years ahead. The construction industry slump of the early 1990s taught him that competitive tendering for construction and civil engineering projects is a mug's game. As uncertainty over plans, as yet undisclosed, causes house prices to stagnate or slump, the council could conveniently then offer rock-bottom compensation. This meant directors and management, who took gambles that endangered the future of businesses or caused share prices to slump, could be held liable for the damage done. Whether international prices slump or go on a meteoritic rise they remain unruffled, as their lifestyle is already being protected by state subsidies. In the wake of this fact comes the third and most obvious consensus point namely that the markets are being driven down by the slump in tech stock prices. Show More Sentences The plan has been severely criticized by many members of the public for interfering with the property market and causing a slump in apartment prices. The personal wealth of some of Ireland's most high profile technology executives has been decimated by the continuing slump in technology share prices. Landlords in central London, many of whom are Irish, are experiencing a difficult time as residential rents continue to fall due to a slump in corporate lettings. Mr Greenspan added that a recent wave of accounting scandals that has swept through corporate America, triggering a slump in global share prices, is nearly over. The dramatic slump in the share value is all the more galling for investors, who had come to rely on the defensive food sector in times of economic uncertainty. The oil price slump in 1985 created severe adjustment problems. Unlike some previous recessions, the current US slowdown seems to have been caused not by reluctant consumers, but by a sudden slump in company spending. Orchestras around the country are facing drastic budget crises, worsened by the economic slump and the consequent downturn in attendance as well as in corporate support. People always tend to be more cautious during an economic slump. The only segment in which Gleeson does expect a rebound is in the financial sector, where she is expecting a raft of merger and acquisition activity to follow the slump. The inability of the political establishment to find a coherent response to the economic slump of the Great Depression furthered the growth of the right wing. How can the regulations be changed while the country remains unstable, with a continuing economic slump and resultant widespread economic hardship? The number of visitors to libraries has halved since 1984 and could further slump to a terminal decline in the next 20 years, a charity has warned. Eddy added that the decision not to raise excise rates was to enable the cigarette companies to restructure, following the recent slump in cigarette sales. It has to be said, before we consider the paper's own circulation since her arrival, that the whole market has been hit by a slump in the past year. Hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to the area each year and despite the recent slump in tourism local hoteliers are reaping the benefits of Sundberg's visit. As the companies that make PCs try to recover from their worst slump in years, you'll find incredible deals on new systems during the holiday shopping season. But there was in fact a slump for some years which lasted quite a while. After a heartbreaking summer which reached the highest number of road deaths in recent years, August and September witnessed a slump on comparative years. The grouse population has traditionally been prone to yearly fluctuations, but global warming is being blamed in some quarters for a sustained slump in numbers. Show More Sentences The Japanese economy is in a prolonged slump, owing mostly to fragility in its financial sector and to spillover effects of the Asian financial crisis. Most of the major supermarkets and off-licences are discounting the prices of wines and champagnes, perhaps anticipating the after-Christmas slump. It will be stuck with below par growth for the foreseeable future as it is forced to come to terms with the slump in the high technology sector, he said. The blow caught him heavily in the chest and he started to slump. But their livelihood has been thrown into uncertainty by the threat of US strikes on Afghanistan and the near certainty that their business will slump as a result. Since he is shorter and has a tendency to slump over anyway, I sometimes wonder if people think I'm his mother chauffeuring him around instead of his date. Woods got huffy in Chicago when it was suggested that he was in a slump. I groan and slump against the pillows, holding the ice bag to my head. Worried over the continuous slump in the coconut kernel price, coconut growers in this region have urged the State Government to resume the procurement of copra immediately. Neither Carlton or Granada seem overly attractive as a route into digital TV at the moment, especially with the main ITV franchises in their biggest slump for many years. Despite the slump in the general UK retail trend, the home shopping division, which has diversified into electricals, furniture and clothing, showed an upturn in sales. Meiji, the producer of the Hohoemi and Step milk powder brands, has suffered a slump in sales in the country, a spokesman said. However, Japan's economy crashed in 1991, creating a long period of economic slump in the country which has become known as The Lost Years. Milford Haven has experienced a history of boom and slump in shipbuilding, fishing, as a railhead and an ocean terminal. In 1863, the Company had receovered from a business slump, but had no cash to invest for a new blast furnace, despite having made a profit. Not too smiley as to cause a stampede of crow's feet, not so sullen that my cheeks slump defeatedly into my neck. Scientists have been researching plasticisers that prolong the periods of the slump of a concrete mixture. But then, as variety shows fell from favour and cabaret clubs closed down, Duncan's earnings began to slump. So when Vladimir Guerrero uncharacteristically fell into a slump early in July, Hatcher went to the videotape. This again would lead to fewer orders for new ships, and this slump would then spread to the other heavy industries. Show More Sentences Crews then spray slabs with RCC Surface Pro, a silica-rich troweling aid specifically engineered for low slump concrete. When she begins to express concern,give out a whimper and slump into your spag bol. By 1922 there were 183 motor companies in the UK, and by 1929, following the slump years, there were 58 companies remaining. The slump in demand for Axminster carpets has claimed a new victim with plans to cut 85 jobs. The industrial belt of central Scotland, also a major shipbuilding centre in Glasgow, was also hard hit by the slump. What better test in the field might be used in place of slump for testing workability of low-slump paving concrete? The north west, a centre of the textile industries, was also hard hit, with places such as Manchester and Lancashire suffering a slump. The postwar period saw an economic slump, and poor harvests and inflation caused widespread social unrest. There was a severe slump in 1908, which endured until 1918, but the years 1919 and 1920 were more profitable than the peak year of 1907 had been. From about 1921, Britain had started a slow economic recovery from the war and the subsequent slump. Not incidentally, the market slump was followed by widespread layoffs. Amid an economic slump generally, the Conservatives lost support among farmers. The cotton industry was subject to cycles of boom and slump, which caused waves of mill building. Nevertheless, the economic pressure and the slump of trade and industry it caused was not sufficient to bring the Republic to its knees. Reforms have permitted sustained economic growth since 1993, except for a slump after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. In 2013, the tower factory in Pueblo began ramping up to full utilization as orders rebounded from the 2012 slump. By 1936, their trade was less than half its value in 1913, reflecting the slump in demand for Welsh coal. In some cases, the slump is caused by water beneath the slope weakening it. It is a composite slump with proximal and distal allochthonous sediment masses separated by a large glide plane scar. Instabilities in such sediments can result in the deposited material to slump, producing fissures and folding. Show More Sentences The so-called slump ended when he worked a bug out of his swing. That would be good news for anyone worried about whether the sun is about to sink into another Maunder minimum, that 17th century slump that coincided with the Little Ice Age. The Forum blamed the deficit, public debt and the low savings rate as the main factors for the slump as well as a slight falloff in the performance of financial markets. And that is exactly how long it took for an expectant nation, sitting agog and tightly coiled on the edge of their sofa, to slump back and reach for the doofer. Chief executive Graca Foster said that the slump in profits was due to an 800 million reais drop in revenue as well as an increase in federal taxes. All the hyperdeveloped nations suffered equally from this slump. A quarter of the 2000 companies assessed have seen their profits slump, and in an attempt to retain sales, 737 have already started to overtrade, selling at a loss. The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. A relatively wet concrete sample may slump as much as eight inches. As the iron trade in the area began to slump, in 1857 the railway arrived. Examples from Classical Literature But that was nothin' to the down-and-out slump I found him in next night, when I goes around for my writin' lesson and so on. Possibly there was something in Glenfield's suggestion about post-war slump. He'd heard these rumours about a slump, and he's fifty years old at that. Such has been the slump in the Lib Dems' political fortunes since joining the coalition that they currently constitute a pretty broken reed. Recent studies have shown that the typical midafternoon slump bears little relationship to the amount of food consumed for lunch. Others not less popular had to do with the reasons for the slump. There was no weak fiber that would let her slump before this emergency. If a slump of any kind comes, he will be without a prop to lean on. The slump was still in evidence and the work was light until Thursday. It was about this time that Martin took a great slump in Maria's estimation. The hard times of 1912 had already caused a frightful slump in the farm markets. Then, without warning, your sales took a breathtaking, stomach-turning plummet, and you find yourself in the dreaded sales slump. So, in the spirit of fall and everything good that comes with it, Alicia suggested that we make a slump. I'M heartily sick of people who repeatedly try to blame Labour for the 2008 financial slump, and I'm not even a Labour supporter. Fosters, Carling, Stella and Carlsberg have all seen their market share slump as beers like Tyskie and Lech become more popular. Of course everyone expected a doozy of a slump after Christmas. The share slump ends a two-month revival for the Footsie and comes as fears deepen over the global economy, a falling pound and record slumps in house prices. These are all factors that can substantially impact the likelihood of future negative performances and lead to an unexplained slump in performance. But what if the predications of a housing market slump prove to be true? Find more words! 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