How to Use tailspin in a Sentence

tailspin

noun

• The team went into a tailspin and lost six straight games.
• Stock prices are in a tailspin.
• At worst, this could be the start of a fateful tailspin.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
• Rosen went 3-10 as a rookie and his career hasn’t come out of the tailspin.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2022
• And there are no easy answers to stop the Wolverines' tailspin.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2020
• The company’s future was in doubt and its stock was in a tailspin.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
• Through it all, the Gators’ tailspin has continued, leading the school to fire Mullen.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Nov. 2021
• Talk a friend out of a tailspin as the moon and Mercury harmonize.
  — USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
• And then the pandemic hits and then that just threw threw us into a tailspin.
  — Rachel Leingang, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2020
• Two months ago, the Wildcats found themselves in the middle of a tailspin that seemed to derail the season.
  — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2022
• There were five white men set to speak (and this was after the election of Barack Obama) and that sent Glantz on a tailspin.
  — Shelley Zalis, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• The first-round No. 8 draft pick sent social media into a tailspin and came as a shock to Cousins.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
• While Rowland was on the rise, Aurora was in a tailspin.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2022
• Not hearing from him for two or three days sends you into a tailspin.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2021
• The vehicle struck a tree, causing the car to tailspin, Curry said.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The Titans, who have scored 20 or fewer points in four straight games, have to try and figure out how to stop this tailspin.
  — Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2021
• What are your thoughts on the tailspin that the retail clothing industry is in?
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2020
• But being laid off again has thrown him into a tailspin.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• More and more margin calls come in and more assets are sold, sending the price into a tailspin.
  — Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• While Bad Bunny’s crop top has sent his fans into a tailspin, crop tops on men are not a new thing.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2021
• At 3,500 feet, the plane suddenly nose-dived, went into a tailspin and flipped over.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
• Within 72 hours, Sampson would be out of a job and IU would enter a tailspin that took years to arrest.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2021
• The pandemic threw many tourist hot spots into a tailspin.
  — Ralph Jennings, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2021
• The rulings caused outrage on the left, led to protests outside some of the justices' homes and sent the court's approval rating into a tailspin.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
• The entire economy went into a tailspin that cost millions of jobs across a broad swath of the country.
  — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• Alex’s abusive father shows up and Alex is sent into a tailspin.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
• Solak had second-guessed the start of his swing into a tailspin during the summer.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2021
• The shellacking came as the Bulls were in the midst of a tailspin, and Milwaukee was without Khris Middleton.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2022
• Today’s Scorpio first quarter moon throws your emotions into a tailspin!
  — USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
• The fact that our government needed to raise $274 billion more than was estimated just three months prior--for $1 trillion total in the third quarter last year--sent markets into a tailspin.
  — Kelly Evans, CNBC, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024