How to Use nadir in a Sentence
nadir
noun- The relationship between the two countries reached a nadir in the 1920s.
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One loss to the Warriors in March may have been the nadir.
— Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2021 -
From peak to nadir last month, BTC fell as much as 47.3%.
— Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 June 2021 -
Brookdale shares were down more than 75% at the nadir of the crisis.
— Charley Grant, WSJ, 12 July 2021 -
The series marked the nadir of James’ career and the peak of Nowitzki’s.
— Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 16 Sep. 2019 -
The nadir was the Iraq oil-for-food programme in the 1990s, administered by the UN.
— The Economist, 5 May 2018 -
In this telling, Johnson was supposed to have hit his nadir over the past few weeks.
— Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2021 -
At the nadir, Wang owed the firm $126 million, according to Schwab.
— Robert Hackett, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2019 -
The most fun scene to play was the scene that, to me, is sort of the nadir of my narcissistic descent.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2021 -
But oil prices are still at twice their early 2016 nadir.
— Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020 -
Even at the nadir of his slump, the team decided against a change at the position.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023 -
In last week's 38-21 loss at Indiana, the run game reached its nadir.
— Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2020 -
The Grizzlies’ 51 points in the third marked a nadir for a defense that has trended among the NBA’s worst for much of the last two months.
— Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2023 -
The guru’s fortunes may not have hit their nadir, though.
— Vidhi Doshi, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2018 -
That was probably, for me, the nadir of our attempts to put the movie out in a way that it would have been seen.
— Rich Brownstein, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2021 -
Our Back-to-Normal index hit its nadir of just 59% on April 17.
— Mark Zandi For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 24 Aug. 2020 -
Jesse comes in and introduces the nadir of the franchise with this KFC pool party where no one gets in the pool.
— Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024 -
In the early 2000s, that age-old impulse reached a toxic nadir.
— Aj Willingham, CNN, 14 July 2021 -
Mel Gibson went from the heights of the Hollywood stratosphere to its nadir.
— Constance Grady, Vox, 24 July 2018 -
This franchise completely cratered in the early 2000s and this team marked the nadir.
— Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2021 -
Street views that period as the nadir of his NFL career.
— Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2021 -
And this was, though not surprising in the context of Carlson’s show, a new nadir.
— Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024 -
Even at Bjelica’s nadir, Kerr didn’t lose faith in him.
— Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2022 -
Now he’s lost that many in the past month, the nadir so far of an otherwise sterling career.
— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023 -
The City Beautiful had among the lowest prices in the state, but the nadir of prices was found in Punta Gorda at about $2.88.
— Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Sep. 2021 -
At some point, this will reach a nadir, and then there’s only one direction to go.
— Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024 -
Fast forward to 1980, to the nadir of Jimmy Carter’s one term as President.
— Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Jan. 2023 -
Russia and the United States are at a nadir in their relations.
— Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2021 -
But that shocking nadir ended up acting as the storm before the calm.
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 June 2021 -
Share prices have risen more than tenfold since their nadir, when Darrell joined.
— Alex Salkever, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2022
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