plunge in

At age seven, as is customary in Sparta. . . the boy was taken from his mother and plunged in a world of violence.

We may descend in spirit very low till we seem to be plunged in the abyss of hell; but we shall not be left there.

This same intellect might have been plunged in despair at the ordinary character of all that met the eye in the case of the perfumery girl.

Like an audience member at Stravinsky's Rite of Spring forced suddenly to join the cast, I plunged in, starkers.

plunged in the billowy storm, I was saved by a cockleshell. The cockleshell encouraged me at all time, saying: don't you see light?

Their optimism on earnings-defined as the ratio of earnings upgrades to downgrades-has plunged in the last six or so weeks, SG reports.

he seemed to have forgotten what was said to him , and sat plunged in thought.

China's exports have plunged in recent months and are now down 26 percent from a year ago.

Some cities have plunged in the rankings since the "Great Recession" .

The man peered doubtfully into the basket, plunged in his hand and drew one up, wriggling, by the back of the neck.

Last week, data from the Conference Board showed that consumer confidence plunged in August to its lowest level since early 2009.

They asked him to help, so he just plunged in.

When he stood on the bridge, he found himself filled with despair and anger. He plunged in.

China's domestic steel prices have plunged in recent weeks, and some smaller producers are going out of business.

Business has plunged in regions with the largest home foreclosures, from Florida to Southern California. Forget about Ohio.

Another of his big investments, in Citigroup, has plunged in value.

That man plunged in the river but not to save the child.

JUST how worrying are the figures, published on Wednesday December 10th, showing that China's exports and imports plunged in November?

We ate our picnic lunch on the lawn of the museum, and then plunged in again for birds and alligators and Neanderthals.

These have plunged in price, as investors fear issuers will find it hard to refinance this debt when it comes due.

Revenue plunged in both Spain and Ireland, in part because tax receipts depended heavily on real estate transactions.

Meanwhile their other allocations to assets including property and equities have plunged in value.

After a brief respite in the first quarter of this year, asset prices plunged in the spring, sending shockwaves through global markets.

Holding a chunk of bread, I fixed my goggles tightly to my face, positioned my snorkel, and plunged in.

As global stock markets have plunged in recent months, so has the value of almost everything else, from Mexico's peso to the price of oil.

But is interest rates rose higher, these securities became less attractive and plunged in value.

The technology was new and utterly unintelligible , but the partners plunged in anyway .

The minibonds plunged in value after Lehman filed for bankruptcy protection.

When markets plunged in early 2009 and many hedge funds took a beating, their pay went down.

But the population plunged in the smallest fish species, the fathead minnow .

The city was plunged in total darkness when the entire electrical system failed.

eg: He ran to the edge of the swimming pool and plunged in.

Sales of CDs and portable CD players have plunged in recent years.

In a country with 700, 000 unsold new homes, building-land right across Spain has plunged in value.

But Miami realtor Enrique Lopez doubts whether it will work in Florida, where home prices have plunged in the past two years.

Markets there have plunged in the past few months after four years' rocketing growth.

Private-capital flows have plunged in the past year, and are continuing to fall.

He ran to the edge of the lake and plunged in.

Economists say China has been rushing to build up stockpiles at bargain prices since crude oil and other commodity prices plunged in 2008.

He went to slide upon the ice Before the ice would bear; Then he plunged in above his knees, Which made poor Simon stare.

Toad remained a long while plunged in thought.

Student enthusiasm in the law has plunged in recent years because it's so difficult these days for a law major to find a decent job.

the street was plunged in cool shadow.

He was plunged in despair.

But at that moment my soul was plunged in dark despair! I was lost, I myself was lost - how could I save any one?

It is no good talking to my father when he is plunged in thought he won't hear you.

In rich countries output plunged; in China and some other emerging economies growth slowed sharply.

And they claimed vindication when commodity prices plunged in the second half of 2008.

Retail sales in Japan plunged in March as consumers stayed away from shops in the wake of last month's earthquake and tsunami.

The Hong Kong market has plunged in the last few weeks following a string of bad news from the US, including the collapse of Bear Stearns.

napoleon sat on a camp - stool , plunged in thought

There is a silver knife plunged in my back