15 example sentences using tailspin.
Tailspin used in a sentence
Tailspin in a sentence as a noun
I'm less happy if they're in a tailspin that is going to destroy the quality of their catalog.
I think the DeveloperWorks article you've cited is simply wrong, and that's sent you into a tailspin.
They were in a tailspin and had major internal friction issues getting good tech to the top of the consumer heap.
People did want those things initially, but once the economy went into a tailspin, the dot in dotcom became the dot in dot-bomb.
I think, though, this was mostly due to fear for personal safety and a sense that their country was in a unrecoverable tailspin.
In a similar vein, the civil rights verbiage from the campaign for the most part went into a tailspin within a year of his taking office.
It's relatively easy to identify strategic weak points with the potential to tip a country into a tailspin.
Journalism is in a tailspin because the eyeballs they used to sell for a dollar are worth two cents now. There's a lot of good things that used to be free with ads support - if an engineer can work on a project that gets them the same money they used to, they've done a lot of good.
Its declining role in open-source communities further cements the perception that it's in an irretrievable tailspin.
No doubt, because the first time I saw Bartz discussing Yahoo's future several years ago, it was immediately clear to me that they weren't getting out of their tailspin.
However, the Kobe earthquake hit early in the morning on 17 January, sending Asian markets, and Leeson's trading positions, into a tailspin.
If the sound of a bag rustling sends you into such a tailspin what does an overheard conversation do?At some point you simply have to develop the power of concentration.
Suppose I were to break into your house, steal one item, and soil the rug each day, every day, evading all determined efforts to stop me; yet you still kept going to work, paying your taxes, and so on. Could you prove that the cessation of my bad actions would not throw your participation in society into a tailspin?
+1It's called sleep envy and, some nights when I can hear my wife drift off in minutes and I'm not even close to it, it throws me into that mental tailspin that goes through multiple stages like the whiny "why-me", plain anger, frustration and more.
Pick and choose when to talk about it or you are allowing anyone you interact with the power to send you into a tailspin.- People will want to show empathy with you by telling you about the time they went through what they think was something similar.
Tailspin definitions
loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse
rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
See also: spin