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
• Saints 29, Bears 18 The Falcons are in a full-scale tailspin.
  — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• 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
• In the second half of the season, his play went into a tailspin.
  — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2020
• Is Peter Laviolette the right coach to get the team out of this tailspin?
  — Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Many on Wall Street seemed to think so Monday as the stock went into a tailspin.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
• Talk a friend out of a tailspin as the moon and Mercury harmonize.
  — USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
• Can Davis pull himself out of the tailspin, as Bostock did?
  — SFChronicle.com, 1 Aug. 2020
• 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
• Paul Ryan is back on his ish with a tweet that sent the internet into a tailspin.
  — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 3 Feb. 2018
• Fire up this video for a fun existential tailspin when the rain starts to pour.
  — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 23 Jan. 2018
• Not hearing from him for two or three days sends you into a tailspin.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2021
• His father gave him a gentle yet stern pep talk that snapped Sacks out of his tailspin.
  — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 11 June 2020
• 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
• Now, years into my career, most things that once caused a tailspin no longer do.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• More and more margin calls come in and more assets are sold, sending the price into a tailspin.
  — Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• The closure sent us and about 40 other families into a tailspin.
  — Courtney E. Martin, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
• Hormone-therapy research went into a tailspin, although, even at the time, a more thorough reading of the numbers revealed a far less scary picture.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025