Nosedive used in a sentence

Nosedive in a sentence as a noun

I'd seen compaq go from dominating PDAs and nosedive off the cliff.

That is where the money goes while class sizes increase, teacher salaries nosedive, and essential core subjects get trivialized or cut.

I guess after the NSA revelations their public image took a nosedive, developers with strong morals have probably abandoned that sinking ship.

Nosedive in a sentence as a verb

I suspect conservative support for school vouchers that allowed religious schools would take a huge nosedive as soon as Islamic schools started taking advantage of them though, which is currently what's causing the Netherlands to rethink its voucher program.

I don't think you can call something a "turnaround strategy" when the result is to cause the company's value to nosedive so far that the most viable means to salvage any of their investors' money is to divest them of their stock at a significant loss.